Nitia Bettembourg controlled Black Frogs Schieren 51-24 in W-U14 Division 3, Phase 1 at Bettembourg (terrain 1), staying perfect and atop the standings at 4-0. Coach Pyee's team set the tone early: Nadine Kabbah (NIT) opened with the first four points and Nitia edged the first quarter 8-5. The key break came in the second, when Nitia strung together an 8-0 run (Adele Emma Schmidt, Chiara Cataldo, and two baskets from Chiara Terazzi) to 16-5, reaching halftime at 22-12.
After the break, Nitia delivered a 6-0 burst to 30-14, with Kabbah and Terazzi again central, and never looked back. The hosts capped it with a 4-0 start to the fourth and led by as many as 27 at the buzzer. Nitia's defense held Schieren to 7 points or fewer in every quarter.
The scoring sheet underlined Nitia's dominance inside: 24 made two-pointers and 3 free throws, with no threes. Schieren answered with 10 twos and 4 free throws, also without a triple. Terazzi (NIT) led all scorers with 14, supported by Kabbah (NIT) 9, Cataldo (NIT) 9, and Tonia Rodesch (NIT) 6. Cataldo, a 13-year-old from Italy, provided timely points either side of halftime. For the visitors, Emily Andrade (FRO) fought to 9 points, with Lexie Petitjean (FRO) and Naela Venancio Postel (FRO) adding 5 each, and Joy Maria Dos Santos Huss (FRO) 4.
Foul sequences influenced rhythm: Kabbah committed back-to-back personals early in Q4, while Venancio Postel picked up consecutive fouls in Q3. Coach Ferrari's timeouts in the second half momentarily slowed the momentum, but Nitia's waves of scoring proved decisive. Schieren drop to 1-3 and sit fourth, now on a three-game skid.
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