AB Contern overpowered Aarau 74-41 in the Tournois E. Weber at Contern/Central. Aarau struck first (0-2), but Contern answered with an 11-0 surge sparked by Claleigh Ann Walsh's back-to-back threes and an Esmeralda Skrijelj triple, racing to 17-4 and a 29-10 first quarter. In the second, Lou Mathieu added a three while Stefanie Grace Kulesza piled up points at the rim and from the stripe for a 44-18 halftime cushion.
Aarau steadied after the break, edging the third 10-9 behind Enisa Semajaku's inside scoring and a 5-point burst by Emilia Popovic (a three plus two free throws). Any hope faded in the fourth as Skrijelj (30, 1.78m) caught fire with three triples, Kulesza (22, 1.83m, USA) kept punishing inside, and Walsh (22, 1.91m, USA) finished in transition. The lead peaked at 35 (74-39).
Top performers: Walsh 28 (8x2, 4x3), Kulesza 25 (7x2, 1x3, 8 FT), Skrijelj 12 (4x3). For Aarau, Semajaku 12, Popovic 9, Sofija Jaksic 7, Emma Hoffmann Gonzalez 5. Notable sequences included Walsh's two straight threes in Q1 and Popovic's personal 5-0 in Q3. Skrijelj picked up two quick personals in Q2 and Ana Petrova reached four fouls, but Contern's control under coach Fabienne Fuger never wavered, while Marko Sinic's side had its best spell in the third.
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