Gréngewald Hueschtert controlled the return game in Niederkuer, winning 69-52 at Kordall Steelers after a steady build through the middle quarters and a decisive last-period surge.
Kordall edged the first quarter 15-14, fueled late by Alisha Staar (16) at the line and inside. The game swung in the second: after KDS moved 24-19 up, Maé Manti (Season PPG: 10.55) hit back-to-back threes for a personal 6-0 that launched an 8-0 stretch to 27-33. Gréngewald took a 33-30 halftime lead.
The visitors came out of the locker room with an 8-0 blast to 30-41, riding the interior presence of Barbora Buzasi (1.85m, 17, CZE; Season PPG: 17.30) and steady finishing from Leisha Burridge (Season PPG: 14.20). Kordall answered through Staar's midrange touch and Audrey Nicole Guyot (Season PPG: 7.73), trimming to 44-54, but Gréngewald managed the margin.
Early in the fourth, KDS closed to 50-55 before the key sequence: Gréngewald strung together 14 unanswered points Manti, Buzasi at the stripe and in the paint, Burridge in transition, and Lavinia Strelen (1.86m, 18, DEU; Season PPG: 5.91) capped it with a three for the night's highest lead at 50-69. Tammy Poupart stopped the run, but the outcome was settled.
Buzasi led all scorers with 26 (11 two-pointers, 4 free throws), Burridge added 16, Manti 14 and Strelen 9 for Gréngewald. For Kordall, Staar had 16, Guyot 11, Léna Wantz (Season PPG: 7.83) 9 and Julie Secco 6; Mathilde Amann (19, FRA) contributed timely buckets in the fourth. Guyot picked up four fouls, which limited her aggressiveness late.
Context and standings: Gréngewald, coached by Andrea Haris, extends its winning streak to nine and climbs to 2nd (+1) in the W-Nationale 2 classification. Julie Secco's Kordall, despite recent momentum of three straight wins before this loss, sits 5th (+1). Gréngewald also sweeps the season series, after a 64-46 home win in the first meeting.
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