8th-placed Etzella Ettelbruck lost a very tight home game to 10th-placed BC Mess, 54-51 after overtime, in a match with several momentum swings. BC Mess, coached by Joao Carlos Santiago Janeiro, started much sharper and turned a 2-0 deficit into a 16-7 first-quarter lead, with Noémie Schammo and Hannah Pauly setting the tone. The visitors' best margin was nine points.
Etzella, under Amadeo Dias Ep. Bordang, changed the rhythm in the second period. Captain Anouk Reisch (Season PPG: 10.45) opened with back-to-back threes and Selma Jung (Season PPG: 6.90), only 17, kept attacking. After trailing by nine, Etzella won the quarter 19-9 and moved in front 26-25 at halftime.
The third quarter stayed open. Mess briefly led 27-26, then Jung produced six Etzella points in a row for a 32-29 edge. Mess answered through Lynn Thilges, a 28-year-old 1.74m guard, and Schammo, but Etzella finished the period strongly, going from 34-37 to 41-37 before closing it 43-40.
In the fourth, scoring became difficult. Mess reeled off five straight points to lead 45-43, Etzella answered through Amina Kocan and Sejla Bukvic, and Schammo tied it at 47-47 to force overtime.
Extra time was decided by a Mess 6-0 burst: Bukvic scored first for 49-47, then Thilges and Schammo hit consecutive threes for 53-49. Kocan made two free throws, but Schammo added the last point.
Schammo (Season PPG: 10.65) was decisive with 20 points, Thilges had 12, Pauly 9 and Jenny Hellers 6. For Etzella, Reisch scored 16, Jung 13, Gomes 6 and Bukvic 6. Mess ended a five-game losing streak and split the season series 1-1.
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