T71 Dudelange edged Gréngewald Hueschtert 64-61 in a tight W-U19 Division 1 Phase finale contest on Grimler/Terrain 1. The visitors started sharper (14-18, Q1) behind Barbora Buzasi (22 pts, 17, 1.85m, CZE) and a Leisha Burridge triple, even stretching the gap to +5 at 16-21 early in the second. Coach Alain Schaeffer's side then flipped the game with an 18-4 surge to the break (34-25), fueled by Dana Wies (17 pts, Season PPG: 15.08), Lena Schalbar (14 pts, Season PPG: 14.17) and steady free throws.
After the interval, both teams traded threes Liv Jander (13 pts, Season PPG: 9.83), Wies and Lara Jemming (7 pts, Season PPG: 15.25) for T71; Burridge and Maé Manti (16 pts, 18, 1.56m) for GRE keeping the home lead intact entering the fourth. T71 then built the night's largest cushion at 59-48. Gréngewald rallied: Manti buried a three, Amy Maebh Salmon added trips to the line and a late layup, and Dorkas Von Arx (11 pts, Season PPG: 15.64) was solid at the stripe, trimming it to 62-59.
Two moments stood out down the stretch. First, Wies' foul trouble she picked back-to-back personals in Q3 and later fouled out forced T71 to redistribute touches. Second, Jemming delivered the key field goal for 64-59 after a T71 timeout in the ninth minute, a basket that ultimately held up as the winner when Manti's late free throws set the final margin. On the other end, Buzasi, dominant inside all game, also fouled out in the fourth, blunting GRE's interior option at the finish.
Captain Alana Krings (Season PPG: 9.86) battled early foul trouble with three first-quarter fouls, but T71 managed the rotations. Coach Andrea Haris' team showed clear progress compared with the earlier 94-51 loss in Phase 2, yet T71, now on a 12-game winning streak, stay perfect in the Phase finale (2-0) and move second in the standings, while GRE sit third (1-1).
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