First-ranked Etzella Ettelbruck controlled the game from the start in Bettembourg and won 113-31 against fourth-ranked Nitia Bettembourg. ETZ moved to 8-0 in the phase finale and extended its winning streak to eight games, while NIT dropped a fourth straight game. After the first head-to-head had ended 93-47 for Ettelbruck, this return game was even more one-sided.
NIT scored first from the line through captain Sasha Pyee (Season PPG: 4.63), but Etzella answered quickly. Jill Maes, Leni Kreins and Emma Klein powered a 9-0 run for 12-1, and the visitors kept adding baskets in transition and around the paint. Inga Eudier, the 12-year-old German player, gave Bettembourg a short lift with two consecutive baskets late in the opening quarter, cutting the gap to 21-7, but ETZ closed the period at 27-7.
The second quarter brought another strong ETZ stretch. The visitors opened with 7 unanswered points to make it 34-7. Bettembourg answered in small phases through Rodesch, Pyee and Adèle Schmidt, yet Emma Klein (Season PPG: 20.42) kept the lead growing and Ettelbruck went into halftime up 49-16.
The game broke fully open in the third quarter. After Matilde Ciccone made it 51-16, NIT briefly scored through Eudier, but ETZ then went on a major roll. From 53-18, Ettelbruck produced a 12-0 run to 65-18, with Eya Farhani scoring 8 points in that sequence. Kreins and Maes continued the push, and the margin reached 81-20 after three quarters.
Klein finished with 36 points, matching her season high. Maes (Season PPG: 18.00) added 29 and Kreins (Season PPG: 16.35) 28, so the trio combined for 93 points. Inaya Melanie Babinyanga Bonyeme (Season PPG: 7.50) added 10, and Farhani matched her season best with 8. For coach Arnaud Pyee's team, Pyee scored 9, Eudier 8, Chiara Cataldo (Season PPG: 3.67) 6, and 13-year-old Adèle Schmidt from France added 4. ETZ's highest lead was the final 82-point margin.
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