AB Contern B took control very early and beat Zesummen Aktiv 78-22 in W-U19 Division 4 Phase 1. Dave Schroeder's team moves up one place to first in the standings at 3-0, extending its winning run to three games. ZAK remains fifth and is now on a four-game losing streak.
The game was decided in the opening quarter. CONB opened with a 12-0 run through Céline Kerschen (CONB), Sofia Nunes Lopes (CONB), Emily Quirke (CONB) and Lena Szalay (CONB). After that, Anna Harris (CONB) produced 5 points in a row and the home team stretched the margin to 25-0 before Laurence Kirchen (ZAK) scored the first ZAK basket. The first period ended 29-2, and Contern B kept the same rhythm to reach 46-8 at halftime.
Quirke (CONB) was the main scorer with 19 points, a season-high figure for her, while Dana Schroeder (CONB) added 12, Kerschen (CONB) 11, Szalay (CONB) 10 and Nunes Lopes (CONB) 9. CONB had five players in double figures or close to it, which reflected its collective control.
ZAK had its best spell in the third quarter, which was the most balanced passage at 11-8. Manon Durbach (ZAK) scored 6 points, all in that period, and Kirchen (ZAK) also kept contributing. Still, CONB answered with Kadija Macalou (CONB), Kerschen's three-pointer and more inside scoring. In the last quarter, the gap grew again and reached a game-high 58 points at 78-20 before Katia Axmann (ZAK) scored the final basket.
It was also a very clean game under FIBA rules, with only three player personal fouls recorded, two of them by Julie Buijs (ZAK) in the first quarter.
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