W-U16 Division 1, Phase finale (Aller, game 4) At esch/ho3, T71 Dudelange edged Basket Esch 73-68 in a game decided by second-quarter separation and timely fourth-quarter shot-making. Esch led 11-9 after a tight first period, but T71 flipped the script with a 13-0 run midway through the second (from 19-17 down to 19-30), fueled by five straight points from Katarina Barbic and inside finishes by Jana Dos Santos Dramicamin and Marie Beffort Neuman. T71 won the quarter 25-13 to take a 34-24 halftime lead.
Esch trimmed it to 53-45 after three, but early in the fourth T71 struck again: Barbic drilled a three, 14-year-old Laura Kieffer Richtarik added another from deep, and Beffort scored in transition for an 8-0 burst to 65-51 the night's largest gap (+14). Coach Karim Elbaoune's team answered with Lana Clausi and Estelle Birnbaum pushing the tempo, closing to 68-73 with a late 5-0 run, but T71 managed the final possessions to seal it for coach Lynn Biever's side.
Barbic (Season PPG: 11.48) led T71 with 15 points (3 threes, 2/2 at the line), supported by Ghalia Hatim (Season PPG: 5.71) with 14, including a key late basket to reach 73. Beffort (Season PPG: 10.58) added 12 on six 2s and Dos Santos Dramicamin (Season PPG: 10.29) 11. Kieffer contributed 8 and a pivotal fourth-quarter three before fouling out late.
For Esch, Clausi (Season PPG: 15.55) posted 20 with two threes and steady free throws, Birnbaum (Season PPG: 16.80) added 19 (7 twos, 5 freebies), and Anaïs Gocel (16, FRA) scored 14. Lys Valentin (Season PPG: 6.30) chipped in 8.
T71 has now won two straight and leads the head-to-head 2-1 this season. In the Phase finale table, Musel Pikes sit first, with T71 up to 2nd and Esch down to 3rd (both 3-1, 7 points).
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