Résidence Walferdange, the league leader, controlled the game from the opening minutes and improved to 5-0, extending its winning streak to five. Arantia Larochette remained fourth at 1-3 and never got close after the first quarter.
Diogo Jesus Lopes' team started with an 8-0 run before Joao Pedro Osorio Silva stopped play early. Arantia answered through Suellen Santos Cruz (ARA) and Christabel Onyia (19, ITA), reducing the gap to 11-7, but Walferdange quickly restored control. A 12-2 finish to the first period made it 23-9 and set the tone.
The second quarter was the key stretch. Marie Palma (Season PPG: 14.40), a 23-year-old 1.70m guard, scored again inside, then Sarah Macri (RES) hit back-to-back three-pointers in the same run as Walferdange opened the quarter 8-0 to reach 31-9. Arantia had a brief response with free throws and a three from Santos Cruz, but the halftime score was already 37-14.
After the break, Laetitia Soares (Season PPG: 13.40) scored the first four points of the third quarter, and Walferdange kept building through Jalila R'Biaa (Season PPG: 14.00) and Lara Boudler (Season PPG: 5.00). Arantia's best phase came from Santos Cruz, who hit two third-quarter threes, but the gap still moved beyond 30.
Palma led RES with 16 points. Soares added 10, Boudler 9, Macri 8, R'Biaa 8 and Melissa Genoud (Season PPG: 6.80) 7, in a balanced attack with 10 scorers. Coralie Mejan, a 23-year-old French player, also contributed 3. For Arantia, Santos Cruz finished with 14 points, more than half of her team's total. Sarah Nunes Birchen (ARA) scored 6 and Lena Ehmann (ARA) 4. The highest lead was the final 42-point margin, 68-26.
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