BBC East Side Pirates B edged Gréngewald Hueschtert B 44-43 in Oberanven/Central, reversing October's onepoint loss and seizing top spot in WU14 Division 4 Phase 2. The game swung repeatedly. GREB exploded to 9-0 before BEPB answered with an 8-0 run, closing the first at 9-8. Early in the second, the Pirates surged 12-2 to lead 20-11, fuelled by Lena Lentz (Season PPG: 6.8) and Mona Agnes Louise Dieschburg (Season PPG: 8.5). Zeynep Hüner's side countered with a 17-4 close to the half, sparked by Yara Milani Nia (Season PPG: 12.56) and Mathilda Ney, for 28-24.
GREB tightened control after the break as Lis Legil Walesch hit back-to-back baskets to 32-24, and the hosts carried a 37-30 cushion into the fourth. Paul Daleiden's Pirates then produced the decisive twist: a 10-0 run (Schneider, Da Cunha da Veiga, McDaniel, Theis, Schneider) to 40-37. GREB replied 6-0 Milani twice inside and Lena Pinto for 43-40, but Dieschburg delivered the winner with four straight points to 44-43.
Milani (18) led GREB with relentless two-point finishing and two free throws; Ney added 11, notably seven in the second-quarter rally. Pinto and Legil Walesch chipped in 4 each. For BEPB, Lentz paced with 12, Dieschburg added 8 including the game's final baskets, while Aurélie Biver (Season PPG: 6.78), Lily Suzanne Schneider (Season PPG: 5.5) and Liciane Da Cunha da Veiga each scored 6.
Notably, neither team hit a three-pointer; Pirates won without a single point from the line, while GREB converted three free throws. With this one-point win, BEPB climb to 1st (2-0), GREB sit 3rd (0-1).
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