Basket Esch B handled Sparta Bertrange B 76-47 in the MDivision 1 championship round, a game defined by Esch's early control and a suffocating second quarter. Esch opened on an 80 burst powered by Antoine Köhn (LALB) and Marko Latinovic (38, 2.00m, HUN), and closed the first period 22-7. The hosts then delivered the knockout in Q2 with a 170 run to 39-7, reaching a 44-11 halftime lead, the night's largest margin (+33).
Sparta steadied after the break behind Louis Evrard (20, 1.99m), but Latinovic strung together four straight Esch scoring plays early in Q3 to keep the gap intact. Köhn kept stretching the floor all night, drilling six triples. Sparta's best spell came in Q4 with a 60 streak on backtoback threes from Evrard, yet Esch closed it out without tremors.
Scoring leaders Esch: Köhn 22, Latinovic 21, Yannis Czerwonka (LALB) 10, Raphaël Cessat (LALB) 8, Edi Sabotic (20, 1.80m, MNE) 5. Sparta: Evrard 17, Georgios Tsaramanidis (16, GRC) 8, PeterJames Dobbin Vieira (SPAB) 7, Zachary Kayne Mollineri (SPAB) 5. An unsportsmanlike foul on Dobbin Vieira early in Q3 reflected a tense phase for the visitors; Cessat had two quick fouls midQ2 but Esch managed rotations well.
In the standings, Basket Esch B climbs to 2nd place (ranking gain +5, 21), while Sparta Bertrange B stays 3rd (21). Sparta's twogame winning run ends; Esch's sequence reads winlosswin. Coach Franck Meriguet's group set the tone from the tip and never looked back.
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