League leaders AB Contern B took clear control against 5th-ranked Sparta Bertrange B and won 100-60, completing a season sweep after the earlier 91-38 away result. The game was competitive only in the opening minutes. Contern moved to 8-2 with Yann Besch's six points in a row, but Sparta answered well enough to stay at 18-14 late in the first quarter.
The decisive stretch came at the start of the second period. Contern opened with a 9-0 run for 30-14, then added another 7-0 burst to reach 37-17. Sparta never recovered from that change of rhythm. Two threes from captain David Torres Dos Santos, the 42-year-old Portuguese guard/forward, helped push the margin to 53-27 at halftime.
Contern kept the pressure after the break. Patrick Walravens and Ben Goergen repeatedly finished possessions well, and the lead grew to 77-39 after three quarters. Sparta had a few better offensive moments in the last period, including back-to-back threes from Christophe Logelin and more scoring from Charel Wallenborn, but Contern still produced an 8-0 run late and reached its highest lead at 44 points, 100-56.
Besch (Season PPG: 16.36) and Walravens (Season PPG: 11.25) led the winners with 23 points each. Goergen (Season PPG: 13.00) added 22, and René Wolzfeld (Season PPG: 11.67) scored 18. For Sparta, Wallenborn (Season PPG: 26.80) had 17, Jules Beicht (Season PPG: 10.18) scored 11, Tudor-Filip Mihai (Season PPG: 4.90) added 9, and Louis Evrard (20, 1.99m) finished with 8 while carrying four fouls.
Contern B extended its strong winning run, while Sparta B dropped a second straight game.
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