First-ranked Sparta Bertrange, now on a four-game winning run, controlled this M-U18 Division 1 Phase 1 game from the opening minutes and won clearly in Dreiborn, 107-46, against sixth-ranked Musel Pikes, who remain without a win after four rounds.
The game turned quickly. Sparta opened on a 10-0 burst, with Thandizo Jon Zulu (SPA) and Nikolaos Papanikolaou (SPA) setting the tone early. Musel settled after that difficult start and cut the gap to 15-22 at the end of the first quarter, mainly through Pharell Dos Santos (MUS) and captain Ben Matthias Schenk (16, 1.90m). That was Musel's best phase.
The decisive break came in the second quarter. Sparta scored 34 points in the period and built the margin in waves: a 10-1 stretch moved the score from 24-15 to 34-16, and later a 12-0 run pushed the game out of reach. At halftime, coach Christian Michael Wulff's team led 56-26.
Musel briefly opened the third quarter with four straight points to reach 30-56, but Sparta answered immediately and kept extending the lead. Zulu, Ata Tastekin (17, 1.91m) and Diego Maestro Varillas (SPA) were central in that response, and the margin was already 82-36 after three quarters.
Sparta's offensive production stayed high until the end, with the lead reaching 61 points at 107-46. Zulu finished as top scorer with 23 points, Tastekin added 18, Aaron Torresani (SPA) 13, while Papanikolaou and Yann Kunzer Da Silva (SPA) each scored 11. Loïc Schmit (SPA) gave a strong late push with 8 of his 10 points in the fourth quarter.
For Musel, Dos Santos led with 16 points, Schenk added 14, and Jason Kemmer (MUS) had 10. Their best resistance came in the first quarter and in short individual sequences, but Sparta's depth and repeated scoring runs decided the game early.
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