Basket Esch B took control very early at Grimler and beat T71 Dudelange B 66-28, completing the season sweep after the 58-32 win in the first meeting. Coach Raouf Hatira's side, still 10th, broke the game open right after T71B's opening basket with a 19-2 run to close the first quarter at 19-4.
The gap kept growing in the second period. After Amy Bauleesch made it 6-19, Esch answered with five straight points and later finished the half at 30-11. T71B, now 11th and up one place in the table despite a fifth straight loss, struggled to slow the visitors' inside scoring.
The decisive stretch came after the break. Elsa Guedes (Season PPG: 12.71) kept T71B alive for a moment and scored five points in the third quarter to bring it to 15-32, but Esch replied with a 12-0 burst to 44-15. Rocana Burgund (Season PPG: 22.00) was central in that phase, scoring 10 points in the third quarter and finishing with 22. Luca Stocklausen (Season PPG: 8.67) added 11, including two three-pointers, while Eva Glanclaude (Season PPG: 4.33) scored 6. Margot Lorrain (35, FRA) added 2 points.
Early in the fourth quarter, an unsportsmanlike foul on Guedes was followed by another Esch push. From 22-50, LALB produced an 8-0 run to 58-22 and later stretched the margin to its highest point at 66-26. For coach Lynn Biever's team, Guedes led with 11, Julie Poncin (Season PPG: 4.00) had 7 despite four fouls, and Bauleesch scored 6. Poncin also committed back-to-back fouls in the second quarter as T71B never found stable rhythm.
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