Black Frogs Schieren were the winners of a very tight 58-56 game against Racing Luxembourg after two overtimes in Schieren, in a Phase finale duel between the teams now ranked 4th and 3rd. It also reversed the first meeting of the season, won by Racing 46-35.
Racing had the better start at 15-11, but Schieren recovered to 24-24 at halftime. The clearest momentum swing came in the third quarter: after FRO moved ahead 26-24, Racing answered with an 8-0 run and later reached the game's highest lead, 36-28. Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes' team stayed close, then Maely Venancio Postel (Season PPG: 15.13), a 13-year-old captain, drove the comeback with 8 points in the fourth quarter as FRO erased 32-36 and tied it at 46-46.
The first overtime stayed on the same pattern. Filomena Alicja Kaleda (Season PPG: 6.00) and Julie Obertin (Season PPG: 12.17) kept Racing in front, but Venancio Postel scored 6 straight FRO points to force 52-52. In the second overtime, Hanna Kraus tied it at 54-54, Venancio Postel made it 56-54, Neyla Kasraoui (Season PPG: 8.45) answered, and Emily Andrade (Season PPG: 11.25) scored the decisive basket for 58-56.
Venancio Postel finished with 27 for FRO, Andrade added 16 and had 8 of Schieren's first 11 points, while Lara Costa Matias (Season PPG: 5.64) contributed 9. For Racing, Kaleda scored 15, Obertin and Elisa Berkhoff (Season PPG: 6.83) had 12 each, and Kasraoui added 10.
Kaleda had early foul trouble with three fouls already in the first quarter and ended with 4. Costa Matias also reached 4 fouls after committing three in a row in the first overtime phase. Schieren is now on a second straight win after a previous three-game losing run; Racing, despite the loss, moved up four places to 3rd.
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