Fourth-placed Arantia Larochette beat fifth-placed T71 Dudelange B 81-56 away from home, bouncing back from a loss in its previous game. The scoreline became clear only after a tight first half.
Arantia led 12-10 after the opening quarter, but T71B found rhythm in the second. Claudia Portero Martinez (T71B) scored 7 points in that period, and Tamy Zatko (Season PPG: 6.83) kept the pressure on with repeated finishes as coach Lynn Biever's side moved in front. At halftime, T71B was still slightly ahead, 32-31.
The game turned in the third quarter. After T71B briefly made it 34-33, Arantia answered with a 9-0 run and changed the pace of the contest. Michele Elsen (ARA) drove that stretch with 9 points in the period, while the 14-year-old Yara Mores (ARA) kept adding inside scoring. Arantia won the quarter 23-10 and moved from a one-point deficit at the break to a 54-42 lead.
Coach Joao Pedro Osorio Silva's team stayed in control in the fourth. From 43-54, Arantia produced a 13-3 push to reach 67-46, then added another 8 unanswered points later in the quarter. The visitors' biggest lead was 27 points at the end.
Elsen led all scorers with 25 points, Mores added 22, and Sara Ferreira Afonso (ARA) scored 16, giving Arantia three double-digit scorers. For T71B, Zatko finished with 21, 13-year-old Zoey Winandy (T71B) scored 8, and Portero Martinez added 7. T71B scored 32 points before halftime, but only 24 after the break.
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