League leaders Musel Pikes B controlled this W-U16 Division 3 Phase finale game from start to finish in Heffingen, winning 81-29 and staying perfect at 5-0. US Heffingen remain fifth at 0-5. The trend of both teams also continued: MUSB now have six wins in a row, while HEF have lost six straight. It was also a second clear head-to-head win for Musel Pikes B this season after the 89-39 result in January.
The game was decided early. MUSB opened 7-0 and, after Heffingen had cut the gap to 4-9, closed the first quarter strongly for an 18-6 lead. Heffingen had some better moments at the start of the second period, getting to 10-20, but coach Idris Kader's team answered with a decisive 15-1 stretch to halftime and led 35-11.
The third quarter broke the game fully open. After Nedzia Eco (Season PPG: 7.64) brought HEF to 15-37, Musel Pikes B produced a 20-0 run to 57-15. Zoé Schmit (Season PPG: 5.71) was central in that sequence, and MUSB's defensive pressure also forced Heffingen into a very difficult stretch. The visitors kept the same rhythm in the fourth, with another 12 unanswered points from 59-21 to 71-21, before finishing with their biggest lead at 52 points.
Charlotte Schmitz (Season PPG: 5.67) led MUSB with 19 points, including the first basket of the game and several important scores in transition. Schmit added 17, Elisabeth Furtado Monteiro (Season PPG: 7.73) had 14, and ashareela Prins van Wijngaarden (Season PPG: 3.67) scored 10. MUSB finished with 33 made two-pointers, 3 made threes and 6 free throws.
For Heffingen, Eco stood out with 14 points and kept working until the end. German player Josephine Jensen (Season PPG: 4.22) added 6 points, while Nina Meyers (Season PPG: 2.09) scored 4. Heffingen had no made three-pointer and relied mainly on Eco in the half court. Their foul trouble also hurt the rhythm, especially in the first three quarters.
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