Our U18 girls have won another game at the European Championship (Division B) on Saturday. The FLBB squad was able to beat Ukraine 73:67. It was the fourth win of the tournament in 6 games for Luxembourg, the team will compete for the 9th place on Sunday.
Against Ukraine, Faith Ehi Etute led the team once again with a double double of 21 points and 18 rebounds, she added 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. Kyra Coulon scored 17 points and added 6 assists while Laetitia Schumacher had 19 points and 6 assists.
game stats –> game stats Ukraine – Luxembourg U18
Recap by the team staff:
„We were confident that we could get this win against Ukraine but we knew that it was going to be tough.
We had some ups and downs and after a balanced first half the score was 37:34 in our favor.
In the second half we had some foultrouble but we managed to win the third quarter 17:15 and the fourth quarter 19:18 with a great fighting spirit.
After 4 wins and 2 losses we will play for the 9th place tomorrow morning to finish a great tournament.“
