Black Frogs Schieren edged Telstar Hesperange 57-53 in a tight U18 friendly in Schieren. The game swung repeatedly. Telstar opened 0-3, but Schieren answered with a 12-0 blast to 16-5 and closed Q1 up 16-7. Telstar replied with a 10-0 run from 22-11 to 22-21 and forced a 25-25 halftime tie. After the break, Telstar built their largest lead at 33-39, before Schieren closed the third on a 10-2 surge to 43-41. To start the fourth, Lina Miscaux (FRO) hit back-to-back baskets for 47-41, a cushion the hosts protected to the finish. Black Frogs are the game winners.
Schieren spread the scoring: Yana Ferreira (17) and Miscaux (FRO) each had 15, Lara Boudler (17) added 10 including a personal 6-0 in Q1 while Kathrine Hansen (15) scored 8 and delivered two key buckets late. Ana Margarida Resende Cerqueira (16, PRT) had 7.
Telstar leaned on two 14-year-olds: Ketsiah Joy Dor (14, FRA) poured in 26 (4 FTs, all from two-point range otherwise) and Inès Sarah Kambire (14, FRA) added 21, fueling the third-quarter push with a flurry of twos. Captain Milla Lutgen (17) scored 4; Telstar's Lutgen and Lara Englebert-Thiel (16) finished with four fouls each, with Englebert-Thiel whistled twice in a row late. Notably, neither team made a three; Schieren scored via 26 two-pointers and 5 free throws, Telstar via 23 two-pointers and 7 free throws. Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes's side won it in the paint and with timely spurts, despite Ivan Yeromin's early timeout to stem the first-quarter run.
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Black Frogs Schieren 
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