Résidence Walferdange, still first in the W-U19 Division 3 phase finale, controlled the game in Beggen from the opening minutes and extended its run to seven straight wins with a 57-22 success. It was a far clearer margin than the first meeting between these teams, which RES had won 39-35 in phase 1. ZAK is now 5th in the table, up two places after this round.
Filip Dukic's team set the tone early. After ZAK stayed close at 4-6, RES finished the first quarter on an 8-0 run to lead 14-6. The visitors created the real break in the second period: from 18-8 they moved to 26-8, with Aurora Tore (Season PPG: 2.27), 15, from Italy, scoring 6 points in a row during that stretch. At halftime, RES was already in command at 32-14.
ZAK briefly opened the second half scoring, but RES answered again. A 6-0 sequence pushed the gap to 38-16, and later in the third quarter the leaders closed with 10 unanswered points, from 38-18 to 48-18. That was the decisive roll of the night. The highest lead reached 37 points in the fourth quarter.
Ella Dentzer (Season PPG: 9.36) led RES with 12 points. Kyra Schanck (RES) added 11, Isabel Pizzutto (Season PPG: 6.17), 15, from Italy, had 9, while Tore finished with 8 and Rachel Grivet (Season PPG: 14.50) added 7. RES had balanced scoring with eight players on the board.
For ZAK, Kelly Glaesener (Season PPG: 3.67) scored 6, while Laurence Kirchen (Season PPG: 6.33), Sophie Grivet (Season PPG: 4.92) and captain Katia Axmann (Season PPG: 2.50) each contributed 4 or more. Francine Muller-Malherbe's side had only one recorded foul, on Kirchen in the second quarter, and neither team scored any free throws in the game.
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