AB Contern defeated BBC East Side Pirates B 44-35 in the W-U14 Division 4 opener at Contern/Central. Game evolution swung sharply: Contern's defense set the tone at 8-2 after Q1, but the Pirates answered with a 20-point second quarter to lead 22-19 at halftime, powered by Liciane Da Cunha da Veiga (13, PRT), Lena Schroeder and captain Anna Classen. BEPB's largest lead reached eight (22-14).
After the break, Marie Weber (CON) flipped the script. Late in Q3 she strung together three baskets in a row and then added two free throws, turning 22-28 into a 30-28 Contern edge. Early in Q4 Classen scored twice consecutively to push BEPB ahead 32-30, but after Coach Daniel Gonnering's timeout at 32-32, Contern replied with an 8-0 run. Aishwarya Soundappan (CON) hit three straight twos in that stretch, and the hosts closed on a 14-3 finish for their biggest margin of the night (nine).
Top performers:
- AB Contern: Marie Weber (24 pts; 10 twos, 4 FTs), Aishwarya Soundappan (9), Hannah Rolles (captain) and Matilda Weis (4 each).
- BBC East Side Pirates B: Anna Classen (8), Lena Schroeder and Da Cunha da Veiga (6 each), Naila McDaniel (11, DEU) with 6.
Classen and Da Cunha da Veiga reached four fouls; Contern's Anna Julie Harsch committed back-to-back fouls early in Q4. With this win, AB Contern move to the top of Phase 1 (ranking gain +2), while BEPB sit fourth.
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