T71 Dudelange controlled this W-U19 Division 1 phase finale game and beat AB Contern 87-53. The home side moved up to 1st place (+1) with a 5-0 record, while Contern remained 4th at 2-3. It was also T71's 15th straight win, and their third victory over Contern this season. Contern is now on a three-game losing run.
Contern began well and went in front 6-0 through Joyce Alliaume and Lou Alliaume. T71 reacted quickly. Lara Jemming (Season PPG: 16.20) and Dana Wies (Season PPG: 16.00), the 18-year-old 1.77m guard/forward, changed the rhythm. After trailing 7-8, T71 produced a 10-0 run to lead 17-8, then added another 9 unanswered points later in the quarter. That first period already set the tone at 30-16.
The second quarter pushed the gap further. T71 stretched the score to 40-18 and reached halftime with a solid 48-25 advantage. Contern opened the third quarter with a 6-0 run to cut it to 48-31, but that was the closest they came in the second half. Jemming answered with back-to-back three-pointers in the quarter, and T71 rebuilt the margin to 72-39 after 30 minutes. The biggest lead of the game was 34 points.
Jemming finished with 25 points, Wies added 22, and Marie Beffort Neuman brought 10 points. For Contern, Zoé Moes (Season PPG: 13.93) scored 16, Julie Braun Silva (Season PPG: 11.60) had 12, and Lou Alliaume added 9. Contern reduced the score to 76-53 in the fourth quarter, but T71 closed the game with 11 straight points.
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