T71 Dudelange edged Musel Pikes 50-49 in Dreiborn after a tense finish in W-U14 Division 1. The game swung wildly: Musel struck first, 15-14 in Q1, then tightened the screws with a 13-3 second quarter to reach 28-17 at halftime. Lilly Weber (13) opened with four points in a row, and Emma Gloden (Season PPG: 34.6) drove the hosts to their first double-digit lead.
Mike Baseggio's team flipped the script after the break with a 23-6 third quarter. Dunja Dos Santos Dramicanin (12 pts) hit back-to-back threes and later added a two, while Ella Bourgnon (Season PPG: 17.0) and Desejada Antonio Lopes Ca (13, PRT) kept piling on at the line and in transition to turn -11 into a 34-40 T71 lead after 30 minutes. Dos Santos committed two fouls in a row in that run, then answered with points again, emblematic of T71's aggressive surge.
Early in Q4, Bourgnon scored five straight (a two and a three) to push T71 to its largest margin, 34-45, mirroring Musel's earlier 11-point cushion. Despite Dos Santos fouling out, T71 held on. Musel rallied: Sally Kieffer, Chlo Siebenaler (12) and Julide Klara Lambe (12, BEL) trimmed the gap, before Gloden authored a 6-0 solo burst (two baskets and two free throws) to 49-50. In the final sequence, Gloden was penalized with a U2, and T71 managed the closing seconds to secure the one-point win.
Top performers
- T71: Ella Bourgnon 22, Desejada Antonio Lopes Ca 10, Dunja Dos Santos Dramicanin 12 (fouled out).
- Musel: Emma Gloden 19, Lena Mischo (13) 7, Chlo Siebenaler 8, Lilly Weber 6.
Majdi Anan's side led for long stretches but could not withstand T71's third-quarter surge. With this result, T71 moves to first place (4-1, +1) and extends its winning streak to three, while Musel Pikes stays third at 3-2.
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