BBC East Side Pirates B edged Amicale Steesel 40-39 in Berbourg in a tight W-U14 Division 4 Phase 1 game. The start set the tone: the Pirates opened 9-0, before Amicale answered with 9 unanswered to level the first quarter at 9-9. In the second, Paul Daleiden's team built its largest lead with a 12-0 burst to 21-9, driven by Mona Agnes Louise Dieschburg (9) and Milana Daleiden (7), but Amicale closed the half with a 9-0 run to 21-18.
The third quarter flipped the game. After the Pirates briefly stretched it to 26-18, Amicale strung together a 14-0 run to 26-32, with key baskets from Leandra Pires de Sousa (9), Eva Silva Dinis (8, PRT), Ella Medernach (2) and Mary-Lou Tholl (2). Alexandra Lamesch's side led 34-30 entering the last period.
Amicale went up 35-30 (Mia Worth 1/1), but the Pirates rallied. Dieschburg and Emmi Francoise Schroeder (8) cut it to one before Silva Dinis pushed it to 37-34. Then Aurélie Biver (8) hit back-to-back field goals for 38-37, and after Birgul Derya Tasoluk (12, FRA) split free throws for 38-38, Charlie Mannes (2) scored what proved to be the winner for 40-38. Tasoluk added one more at the line (40-39), but the Pirates held on. Worth fouled out in the fourth, a factor in the closing minutes.
Top contributors for the winners were Dieschburg (9), Biver (8; including 2 free throws), Schroeder (8) and Daleiden (7). For Amicale, Pires de Sousa (9), Silva Dinis (8), Marlene Franziska Beauloy (7) and Worth (5) led the scoring. No three-pointers were made by either team; points came inside and at the stripe. In a physical fourth quarter, the Pirates survived quick foul trouble for Schroeder and multiple late fouls by Liciane Da Cunha Da Veiga (13, PRT).
In the standings, the Pirates climb two spots to 2nd (1-1), while Amicale slip to 3rd (1-1). Contern leads the group. Form-wise, the Pirates bounce back from a loss, Amicale absorb their first defeat after an opening win.
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BBC East Side Pirates B 
Amicale Steesel 
