Black Frogs Schieren edged Etzella Ettelbruck 39-38 in Schieren, surviving a tense finish in which the score did not change after Celina Santos brought Etzella within one late in the third. The hosts burst out 9-2 behind Kathrine Hansen and Ana Margarida Resende Cerqueira, then stretched the largest lead to 18-9. Etzella answered with a 10-0 run, capped by captain Selma Jung's first triple for a 21-20 advantage, before the Frogs steadied to take control into the break.
Game flow swung again after halftime. Hansen made it 26-21, but Léa Gomes fueled Ettelbruck's response, pouring in 8 of Etzella's next 9 points to close to 31-30. Jung tied it at 33-33 with her second three. Yana Ferreira then hit back-to-back baskets and later added another layup, pushing Black Frogs ahead 39-36. Jung's third triple cut it to one possession before Santos scored in close for 39-38; defenses ruled from there.
Resende Cerqueira (Season PPG: 18.75) carried Schieren with 20 points, accounting for over half of the team's total, mixing 6 two-pointers, 2 threes and 2 free throws. Ferreira (Season PPG: 13.25) added 10 and delivered the key third-quarter burst, while Hansen (Season PPG: 7.67) chipped in 7 including an early three. Free throws were scarce: Black Frogs made 2, Etzella 3.
For Etzella, Gomes (Season PPG: 7.00) led with 13 (1 triple, 5 twos) despite navigating four fouls. Jung (Season PPG: 6.78), 17, hit three triples for 9 points, and Ella Reding (Season PPG: 8.40) had 6. Temiloluwa Oke picked up two quick personals in the third and a third soon after, complicating rotations.
Under coach Diogo Jesus Lopes, the Frogs protected a fragile lead in the closing minutes and climb to 2nd in the Phase finale standings (+2; 1-2). Coach Valentine Jung's Etzella remain 5th at 0-2. After back-to-back losses, Black Frogs returned to winning ways; Etzella's narrow defeat extends their difficult run.
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