Arantia Larochette controlled this M-U22 qualification game from the opening minutes and beat Sparta Bertrange 117-64 in Larochette. The home side climbed to 3rd place with a gain of two positions and extended its run to three wins in a row, while Sparta, now 8th, is still looking for its first win after a fourth straight loss.

The game broke open very early. After the 2-2 start, Arantia imposed pace and scoring depth. Noé Tibold and Lee Brosius set the tone, and a 13-0 closing run in the first quarter pushed the score to 32-9. Sparta had some answers in the second period through Ata Tastekin and Nikolaos Papanikolaou, but Arantia kept punishing every gap and reached halftime clearly in front, 60-28.

The decisive phase came after the break. Daniel Alves Brandao de Sousa's team kept its pressure high and turned a large lead into a runaway score. From 68-34, Arantia added 7 straight points, and later another 16-2 burst carried the score from 79-37 to 95-39 at the end of the third quarter. Early in the fourth, the margin reached its highest point at 100-39. Sparta's best offensive spell came in the last quarter, won 25-22, with Elton Jorge Ferreira's side getting more from Papanikolaou and Tastekin.

Arantia placed five players in double figures: Lee Brosius (Season PPG: 17.60) led with 26, equal to his season high; captain Noé Tibold (Season PPG: 17.20) added 25; Alan Genoud (Season PPG: 15.00) scored 18; Ewan Da Silva Jose (Season PPG: 10.60) had 17; and Sam Tibold (17) finished with 16.

For Sparta, Ata Tastekin (17, 1.91m) scored 21 and Nikolaos Papanikolaou (17, 1.86m) added 17. Tastekin remained Sparta's main scorer even though he was in foul trouble for much of the second half and fouled out.
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