Black Frogs Schieren overpowered Zesummen Aktiv in Hamm, 72-29, breaking the game open after a balanced first quarter (11-13). Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes' team hit the accelerator with a 13-0 burst to start the second period, turning 11-13 into 11-26 and taking a 15-point lead to halftime (13-28). ZAK coach Angelo Monteiro tried to halt the slide with an early timeout, but Schieren controlled the tempo and the glass.
The third quarter brought the knockout: after ZAK briefly traded baskets, Black Frogs strung together a 12-0 run to stretch it from 23-36 to 23-48. In the fourth, Schieren's pressure and transition game sealed it; the visitors closed with multiple mini-runs and a highest lead of 43 at the buzzer.
Schieren's attack was relentlessly inside: 35 made two-pointers and only two free throws, without a single three. Ana Margarida Resende Cerqueira (Season PPG: 21.0) paced them with 18 and sparked the key second-quarter run. Débora Teresa Dos Santos Kitumba (Season PPG: 6.86) added 14, including three straight baskets in Q3; Yana Ferreira (Season PPG: 13.86) and Lara Boudler (Season PPG: 11.0) scored 12 each. Arja Rroji (14, ALB) chipped in 8 and capped the win with two late baskets.
For ZAK, Katia Axmann (Season PPG: 2.87) and Laurence Kirchen (Season PPG: 2.87) had 8 apiece, while Sophie Grivet (Season PPG: 5.2; 1.71m, 28) scored 7 and hit the game's only three-pointer. Kirchen picked up two quick fouls in Q2 and finished with four; Manon Durbach committed back-to-back fouls early in Q4 as ZAK struggled to contain penetration.
It's the second straight head-to-head home loss for ZAK against Schieren this season (26-61 in Phase 1, now 29-72). Schieren stay top of Phase 2 at 3-0 and ride a six-game winning streak; ZAK sit third at 1-2 (ranking +1).
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