Kordall Steelers, on a three-game winning run, turned an eight-point first-quarter deficit into a clear 82-62 road win over BBC East Side Pirates. In the table, KDS climbed to 5th (+1), while BEP stayed 7th and slipped to a fifth straight loss.
Jeff Steinmetz's team opened very well. BEP raced to 8-0, led 13-5 and then 26-18 after a strong first period, with Noémie Hengel (32, 1.70m) already in rhythm and Nina Schmit (Season PPG: 12.20) hitting two early threes. Hengel scored 11 in that opening quarter.
The game changed completely in the second. KDS began with a 10-0 run to move from 18-26 to 28-26, then pushed again after 31-30 with a 14-2 spell to close the half at 44-33. Nikita Julian (25, FRA) drove that turnaround and scored 11 points in the quarter.
BEP answered after the break. Late in the third, Hengel and Lea Christmann (24, DEU) helped cut the gap to 48-59, but KDS never lost control. When BEP came within 60-67 in the fourth on Christmann's three, the visitors delivered the decisive sequence: 13 unanswered points for 80-60.
Julian led all scorers with 25 for KDS. She was backed by Audrey Nicole Guyot (36, FRA) with 17, Julie Nestorovic (38, FRA) with 14, and Alisha Staar (24, 1.75m) with 11. For BEP, Hengel scored 20 and Christmann added 16, while Schmit finished with 9. Dock committed two fouls in a row in the third, and Schmit did the same in the fourth, at moments when BEP was trying to stay in contact.
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