Black Star Mersch controlled Kordall Steelers 62-41 in Mersch, pulling away after halftime and tightening the grip on first place in the W-Nationale 2 Tour qualificatif.
Kordall started fast behind Laetitia Soares (Season PPG: 14.50), who poured in the first six points of the night for a 0-6 lead. Black Star replied through Nele Trommer (Season PPG: 12.83) with four in a row, before Lynn Eliane Schreiner (Season PPG: 9.67) flipped the opening quarter with back-to-back threes for 16-15.
The second quarter belonged to Catherine Max (Season PPG: 12.83). She strung together seven points in a compact burst (2+1+2+2) to establish a working margin, and BSM went to the locker room up 31-28. Coach Lance Channing Legister's team then made the decisive move after the break: Jo Marie-L. Schreiner hit a three, Nina Goedert (Season PPG: 10.00) added another from deep, and Max kept scoring to stretch it to 39-29. Kordall answered with triples from Alisha Staar and Charlotte Treinen (34), but BSM still carried a 50-39 edge into the fourth.
The final period was one-way traffic. Black Star's defense held Kordall to just two free throws. A 10-0 Black Star run from 52-40 to 62-40 sparked by Trommer and closed by Goedert at the line and in transition settled it. A C1 technical to coach Legister in the fourth didn't alter the momentum. Kordall's key scorer Soares, who had 13, picked up two quick fouls in the last quarter and fouled out, a blow to any comeback hopes.
Top performers
- Black Star: Max 14, L.E. Schreiner 12 (three 3s), Goedert 11, Trommer 10; Jo M.-L. Schreiner 7. Sara Dumont (1.80m) added timely third-quarter buckets.
- Kordall: Soares 13 (28, FRA), Audrey Guyot 9 (35, FRA), Mathilde Amann 4 (19, FRA).
Black Star extends its perfect run to 6-0 (six straight wins) and rises to 1st. Kordall falls to 3-4, 5th, seeing its three-game winning streak halted. Largest lead: 21 at the buzzer.
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