Telstar Hesperange opened the W-U16 Division 2 championship round with a controlled 90-74 win over Avanti Mondorf in Howald, built on a strong start and a decisive response to Mondorf's third-quarter surge.
Telstar jumped ahead 24-15 after the first quarter behind early production from Ketsiah Joy Dor and Chelsea Keniyah Djomby. Mondorf, guided by coach Olivier Haan, countered in the second with Ziba Milani and Leea Schleck Schmid trimming the gap to 38-34 at halftime.
The game swung sharply mid-third. Milani (14, FRA) poured in seven straight points to flip a 56-50 deficit into a 56-57 Mondorf lead. Coach Ivan Yeromin's team answered immediately: Dor strung together free throws and baskets to spearhead a 10-0 run to 66-57. In the fourth, Margarida Veiga Costa (14, PRT) hit from deep to make it 66-61, but Telstar reasserted control. Inès Sarah Kambire's three pushed it to 82-63, the night's largest lead (19), and Telstar closed it out.
Telstar's standouts: Dor 33 (Season PPG: 28.33), Kambire 22 (Season PPG: 25.50), Victoire Joséphine Kimoni 11 (Season PPG: 9.00), Djomby 10 (Season PPG: 4.63), with Rose Rosena Sanon Louarn adding 8. Mondorf's leaders: Milani 30 (Season PPG: 22.13), Veiga Costa 15 (Season PPG: 6.88), Moubarkak 8, Schleck Schmid 8. Key players navigated foul trouble Kambire, Kimoni, and Milani each finished on four without fouling out.
In the new classification, Telstar move to first place; Mondorf sit fifth. Mondorf's three-game winning run ends here.
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