Grungewald Hueschtert edged T71 Dudelange 60-55 in W-U14 Division 1 (Phase 1), a game that swung from early control to late drama. Under coach Eric Bojan, the hosts set the tone with a 20-16 first quarter and then broke the game open before halftime, winning the second quarter 20-6. Eve Van der Schilden (13) opened Q2 with backtoback baskets and later added a three, while Katherine Thompson (13, IRL) strung together four points in a row to build a 40-22 halftime lead.
T71, guided by coach Mike Baseggio, steadied after the break but still trailed 54-36 after three. Early in the fourth, Grungewald reached their highest lead at 56-36. From there, T71 launched an 11-0 run: Desejada Antonio Lopes Ca (13, PRT) attacked the rim repeatedly, Ella Bourgnon added two mid-range scores, and Lopes Ca hit two free throws in a row to bring it to 56-47. Grungewald briefly stopped the slide through Yadanar Mamou Greenhalgh (13), but T71 kept closing behind Lopes Ca and Tamy Zatko, who scored the final basket for 60-55. The home side protected the ball late and saw it out.
Top performers
- Grungewald: Eve Van der Schilden 24, Yadanar Mamou Greenhalgh 18, Katherine Thompson 8.
- T71: Desejada Antonio Lopes Ca 24, Ella Bourgnon 13, Tamy Zatko 8.
Notable sequences: Van der Schilden's fast start to Q2, Thompson's consecutive baskets in the same period, and T71's 11 unanswered points early in Q4 that transformed a 20-point gap into a onepossession threat in the final minute.
In the standings, Grungewald move to 2nd (2-0, win, win, while T71 drop to 3rd (1-1, win, loss.
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