Grungewald Hueschtert B (GREB) controlled Sparta Bertrange B (SPAB) 73-59 in Oberanven/Central in MDivision 1 (roundrobin, game 5), a result that stands out given the table: SPAB sit 4th while GREB are 11th.
The game was defined early. After 2-2, GREB ripped a 23-0 run to close the first quarter at 27-4. Coach Ricky Easterling's team pressed all the right buttons: Luca Pividor (18, 1.78m) and Sam Urwald (19, 1.89m) fueled the burst, with Urwald living at the line. Sparta reacted in the second period behind captain Pol Schwartz (27, 1.80m) and a triple from Nikolaos Papanikolaou (16, GRC), trimming to 41-26 at the break. However, SPAB's PeterJames Dobbin Vieira was disqualified in Q2 after a Q1 technical and an unsportsmanlike, and two bench technicals handed GREB additional free throws that halted Sparta's momentum.
GREB reasserted control in the third: Urwald poured in 11 points in the quarter and, together with Robyn Schumacher (18, 1.99m), drove the lead to 66-39, the night's biggest margin (+27). Coach Elton Ferreira's Sparta kept competing, with Jules Beicht (25, 1.95m) and the 16yearold Jazz Pelkes hitting from deep in the fourth, but the early damage was too much to overcome.
Urwald led all scorers with 27 points, built on 11 made free throws and eight 2pointers. He was well supported by Pividor (12), Lex Bauer (20, 1.78m) with 10, and Schumacher (10). For SPAB, Schwartz had 14, Beicht added 14, while Ata Tastekin (16, 1.91m, TUR) chipped 9. TudorFilip Mihai (18, ROU) and Pelkes (16) each contributed 8, with Papanikolaou (16, GRC) on 4.
GREB end a fourgame losing spell with this win. In the new classification, SPAB remain in the top half at 4th, while GREB move up to 11th.
(AI generated)