Two minutes in the third quarter was enough for Germany

Womens Basketball In France - The matches between Germany and the Netherlands are known for their emotion. However there was not much display in the first 10 minutes.

Germany led (10-0) after five minutes but then went to sleep for the rest of the quarter.

They allowed the Netherlands back into the match and only led (17-12) at the end of the first quarter.

The Netherlands appeared more aggressive at the start of the second period.

Despite the efforts of Zara Butters to fire up her team, the Netherlands took their time with Dewi Kepppij and Amanda van Huenen adding to Buttter’s points for them to take the lead for the first time in the match (17-16) with 13 minutes played.

A time-out by the German head coach did not seem to help as Rianne Hofstraat was left free to score and complete a 10-0 run for the Dutch (20-17).

Germany finally got themselves going.

With Svenja Brunckhorst stepping up the two teams went into the interval tied (29-29).

The pace did not pick up but the game became more emotional with the lead changing hand several times during the first seven minutes of the quarter (37-37).

All of a sudden Germany stepped on the turbo. In less than two minutes they scored 11 unanswered points and went into the final period ahead (50-39).

The last quarter was tough defensively for both teams with Germany holding on to their advantage to win (59-46) with three players in double digits.

Mara Greunke led the way with 14 points while Finja Schaake and Sarah-Marie Frankenberger had 13 points each.

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