Basket Esch won 78-58 against Binnenland after a game that was balanced for one half and then broke open after the interval. Vincent Gevrey's team was tied 21-21 after the first quarter. Binnenland even took a small edge early in the second period at 26-23, with Shanté Vermeulen (BIN) and Natalie van den Adel (BIN) keeping the away side active.
The first decisive moment came with a 14-0 Basket Esch run, from 23-26 to 37-26. Tatsiana Likhtarovich (38, 1.80m, BLR), Joy Baum (24, 1.66m), Luca Stocklausen (LAL) and Jovana Jaksic (34, 1.77m) all scored in that sequence. Binnenland answered well and came back to 39-39, largely behind van den Adel, who produced several baskets in a row in the second quarter. Esch still closed the half better and led 45-40.
The third quarter pushed the game further away. After Binnenland had trimmed it to 45-42, Jaksic scored five straight points and Esch later went on another strong stretch, moving from 45-42 to 62-47. The fourth quarter settled it: Esch opened with a 10-0 burst from 62-49 to 72-49 and reached a highest lead of 25 points.
Jaksic led all scorers with 22 points, Baum added 18 with three made 3-pointers, Likhtarovich had 15, and Eden Nibbelink (27, 1.80m) finished with 14. For Binnenland, van den Adel scored 16, Jamailah Adams (BIN) had 8, while Aiyana Tjon-A-Meeuw (BIN) and Vermeulen each added 7. Esch's offensive volume inside stood out with 25 made 2-pointers, compared with 17 for Binnenland, while the Dutch side made only two 3-pointers.
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