Musel Pikes B defeated Telstar Hesperange 82-68 in Dreiborn and stretched their run to five straight wins in the phase finale. After the game, MUSB are 2nd in the classification and TEL 3rd, both having dropped one place despite the result.
The game stayed balanced early. Telstar opened 3-0, but Musel quickly reacted, with 14-year-old Sonia Garcia Garcia (MUSB) scoring Musel's first 8 points. That helped turn a 6-7 deficit into a 17-9 lead. Telstar answered well before the first break and cut it back to 19-18.
The second quarter was the first real swing. After TEL had reduced the gap to 27-23, coach Mackenzie Caroline Farmer's side produced an 8-0 run to 35-23 and carried a 40-32 advantage into halftime. Garcia Garcia finished with 29 points in only her 2nd game of the competition, while captain Alessia Bidoli (Season PPG: 6.67) added 25. Marie Streef (Season PPG: 6.08) supported them with 12 points and two 3-pointers.
Telstar stayed alive mainly through Inès Sarah Kambire (Season PPG: 25.55) and captain Ketsiah Joy Dor (Season PPG: 21.42). Kambire scored 31 and Dor 20, with Milla Lutgen (TEL) adding 10. TEL cut a 13-point deficit in the third quarter down to 59-58 at the start of the fourth, which made the game briefly open again.
That was the crucial moment. Musel answered with a 9-2 stretch to 68-60, then finished even stronger from 68-64 with a 14-4 closing run. MUSB also had more perimeter impact, making four 3-pointers, while TEL scored all of their points from free throws and 2-point shots.
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