Résidence Walferdange, up two places into 1st and now 5-0, controlled the second half to beat Etzella Ettelbruck B 69-43. RES also extended its current winning streak to five games, while ETZB dropped to 5th.
The start was lively. Walferdange opened on a 9-0 run, with Rachel Grivet scoring the first 5 points in a row, but Etzella B reacted well and answered with an 8-0 stretch to get back into the game. After one quarter, it was still close at 20-17.
The separation came around halftime. RES held the visitors to only 5 points in the second quarter and went into the break ahead 29-22. Filip Dukic's team then made the decisive move in the third period. From 31-23, Walferdange produced a strong 15-2 run to reach 46-25, and the home side carried a 48-28 lead into the last quarter. The margin later reached 32 points at 69-37 before Etzella B scored the last 6 points.
Walferdange had balanced scoring. Jill Stoltz (Season PPG: 16.57) led with 14 points, Caroline Charles (Season PPG: 17.75) added 13, Grivet (Season PPG: 13.83) finished with 12, Isabel Pizzutto (Season PPG: 6.10) scored 9, and captain Ella Dentzer (Season PPG: 9.50) had 8. RES also made 3 three-pointers, while ETZB had none.
For Etzella B, Lara Martins da Silva (Season PPG: 6.36), Morgane Babinyanga (Season PPG: 7.00) and Hannah Eliza Johanns (14) all scored 10 points. Hannah Maes (15) added 8. Jil Ries (15) was slowed by foul trouble and fouled out late.
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