The women of Den Helder have not succeeded in extending their cup win. Almost the entire game the basketball players were behind against Grashoppers from Katwijk. As a result, it ended in 59-62.
Den Helder almost immediately fell behind against Grashoppers. They didn’t have to chase very long, because it quickly became 5-1. Partly due to a three-pointer from Deborah Vos, the Katwijkers came to 5-8. The margin was quickly expanded in the remainder of the first quarter: 7-13.
In the second period, Den Helder quickly came back to 11-13 by hits from Sarah Curran and Kiki Fleuren. Hereafter, the Katwijkers took the initiative again and ran out to 13-20. The basketball players from Den Helder recovered and came back to 24-27 before half-time.
Exciting
After the break, the Den Helder basketball players came back to 30-31. Hereafter, Grashoppers took another wide margin at 34-41. Mario Bennes’s team made it exciting again and came back to 42-47 in the third quarter.
In the last quarter of the game it remained very tense. Via Fleuren, Kourtney Treffers and Curran, Den Helder came back from 44-51 to 52-51. The margin was then again given away by Den Helder, but a minute before the end it was 57-57. In the end, the Katwijkers turned out to have the longest breath and won 59-62.