First away win for growing Grasshoppers

From an almost losing position, STOL-Grasshoppers fought their way back against Batouwe for their first away win of the season. In Bemmel, the team from Katwijk won by 91-95 after a halftime score of 58-41.

Grasshoppers started weak in the match and saw 7 3-pointers scored against them in the first quarter. Also, Rianne Philippo and Heather Stec were strongly defended. After trailing by 31-20, Grasshoppers allowed Batouwe to take an even bigger lead in the second quarter.

Only after 69-53 did Grasshoppers finally start getting organized. With simple, but effective offensive plays, and thanks to 10 successful drives from Karin Kuijt, they ended the third quarter at 73-72. Then Grasshoppers took a small lead for the first time in the match (85-86), but lost it quickly. Via a last big effort, Grasshoppers made a 0-9 run to take the win by a narrow 4 points.

A happy coach Bo Melis: “We won by the skin of our teeth. We did it by working hard and believing in ourselves. Last season we were losing matches like this, so you can clearly see that the team is making progress.”

Top Scorers: Kuijt 30, Stec 24, Mitidiero 12, Philippo 12