T71 Dudelange overpowered Basket Esch 94-53 in the W-U19 Division 1 Phase finale, building control from the opening minutes and never letting go. Under coach Mike Baseggio, T71 opened 0-6 through Dana Wies before a telling 10-0 surge to 5-18, highlighted by an 8-point personal run from Lena Schalbar who hit four straight baskets. The first period closed 14-32.
T71 kept piling on in the second quarter with another 8-0 burst (Jana Dos Santos, then two scores from captain Lara Jemming, followed by Mina Baseggio) to 14-40. Esch briefly steadied, but trailed 21-48 at halftime. After the break, Laure Valentin and Petra Oroz chipped in for Esch, and Estelle Birnbaum's three offered a spark, yet Wies and Liv Jander answered to stretch it to 36-69 after three.
Jemming (18, 1.72m) then took over the fourth, dropping 12 points in the period, including a three and a string of drives. Kim Ferron replied with six straight points to start Esch's fourth-quarter scoring, but T71's lead peaked at +45 (49-94) before the hosts trimmed it late.
Top performers: Jemming 24, Wies 22 (Season PPG: 15.57) and Schalbar 16 (Season PPG: 14.57) led a balanced T71, with a useful 8 from Matilde Pego Pinto (T71). For Esch, Ferron had 11, supported by Emma Wallenborn 8 (Season PPG: 9.54) and Birnbaum 8 (Season PPG: 9.23).
T71 completes a third win over Esch this season (75-54, 87-70, 94-53), moves to 4-0 and first place, and extends its remarkable run to 14 straight wins. Coach Karim Elbaoune's Esch falls to 0-4 and fifth in the round-robin.
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