Basket Esch controlled Etzella Ettelbruck from the tip and won 87-30 in the W-U22 Qualifications at esch/ho4. The hosts opened 7-0 Kyra Coulon (LAL) hit the first four points before Bruna Filipa Fonseca Cracel (21, 1.71m, PRT) buried a three and closed the first quarter up 17-7. Coach Tatsiana Likhtarovich's team then strangled the game in the second frame (18-3) behind steady free throws from Alma Maria Eudier (LAL) and inside finishes by Katia Jemming (LAL) and Laure Valentin (LAL) for a 35-10 halftime cushion.
The decisive blow came right after the break: a 12-0 run to 47-10, fueled by Rocana Burgund (21, 1.80m) with consecutive baskets and Coulon in transition. Burgund later added a triple, and Laurie Chaumont (LAL) drilled back-to-back threes as the lead ballooned to an insurmountable margin. Valentin piled on in the fourth with an 8-point burst, while Burgund added two more quick buckets; highest lead reached the final 57.
Esch's scoring was balanced and deep: Burgund (19), Valentin (16), Chaumont (10), Coulon and Emma Wallenborn (LAL) with 8 each, Fonseca Cracel 9, Eudier 7. For Etzella, Ella Reding (ETZ) led with 11, supported by Kathya Rocha Piloto (6), Jackie Beckers (5) and a triple from Noëllie Almeida da Cruz (ETZ). Coach Amadeo Dias' side found brief relief late in the third through Rocha and Reding, but couldn't stem Esch's waves.
Basket Esch moves to 2-0 and top of the table, having also won the reverse fixture (75-45). Etzella slips to 0-2.
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