First-place T71 Dudelange controlled the return game against second-place Gréngewald Hueschtert, winning 86-51 and staying perfect at 10-0 in the final phase. Coach Mike Baseggio's team has now won 18 games in a row overall and has taken the last three head-to-head meetings after losing the first one earlier in the season.
The game was not decided immediately. T71 led 20-12 after the opening quarter, with Ella Bourgnon, already at 21.70 points per game this season, scoring 10 of her team's first 14 points. Gréngewald answered well in the second period and matched T71 20-20 there, cutting the gap to 40-32 at halftime. Yadanar Mamou Greenhalgh, averaging 24.05 points this season, kept GRE in contact with 15 first-half points.
The decisive stretch came after the break. Dalila Adrovic, the 13-year-old from Montenegro, opened the third quarter with 5 points in a row, and T71 turned 40-32 into 45-32. After that, the home side pushed the margin to 56-34, a 16-2 surge from the start of the quarter. That third period ended 63-38 and effectively settled the game. T71's highest lead reached 35 points.
Bourgnon and Greenhalgh both finished with 27 points, but T71 had much more support around its lead scorer: Tamy Zatko added 19, Chloé Wolf 15, while Adrovic and Desejada Antonio Lopes Ca scored 8 each. For GRE, Greenhalgh carried most of the offense, with Lis Legil Walesch and Katherine Thompson adding 6 each.
Foul trouble also became part of the second half for GRE. Zoé Kahlki and Nayah Grego both fouled out, and Grego picked up three fouls in the third quarter alone as T71's advantage grew.
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