First-ranked Amicale Steesel stayed perfect in Phase finale at 7-0 and extended its winning streak to seven games, prevailing 71-56 over fourth-ranked Les Sangliers Wooltz in a game that stayed open well into the third quarter. It was also AMI's third win over SAN this season.
Coach Paul Biver's team started better. Célia Abessolo Minane (Season PPG: 21.08) scored SAN's first 10 points, and Wooltz built a 12-3 lead. Amicale answered quickly with a 12-2 run, carried by Kathryn Jo Missavage (Season PPG: 27.08) and Kendra Anaïs Vanessa Leveling (Season PPG: 11.55), to move ahead 15-14 before SAN closed the first quarter in front, 16-15.
The second period swung again. Amicale produced a 9-0 burst to lead 24-16, but Wooltz reacted well. Abessolo Minane and 16-year-old Belgian forward Mia Lieffrig (Season PPG: 4.45) helped SAN level the score at 30-30, before Steesel went to halftime with a narrow 32-30 edge.
The decisive stretch came after the break. Wooltz moved ahead 39-34, but Amicale then finished the third quarter on a powerful 23-7 run. Missavage, the 1.80m 18-year-old forward/center, was on a roll and kept scoring in a variety of ways, while Lily Wittwer (Season PPG: 23.33) hit another important three-pointer. Steesel then pushed the gap to 71-54 in the fourth quarter, its biggest lead of the afternoon.
Missavage led all scorers with 37, matching her season high. Leveling added 22 and Wittwer 10 for AMI. For SAN, Abessolo Minane finished with 21, while Lena Hodzic and Lou-Andréa Foutey Fonkam contributed 11 each.
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