Telstar Hesperange B overpowered Sparta Bertrange C 86-22 in M-U18 Division 6 (Phase 1) at nikibett/central, breaking the game open early and never looking back. The visitors raced to 0-8 before SPAC trimmed it to 5-8, only for TELB to close the first quarter on a 14-0 burst for 5-22. The second period was decisive: after an early SPAC basket for 7-24, TELB strung together a 22-0 run to lead 7-46 at halftime.
After a quick timeout early in the third, TELB kept rolling to 7-59 before SPAC found points from the line. An Alex Nikolov triple briefly lifted SPAC to 17-61 to start the fourth, but TELB replied with a 9-0 answer and pushed the highest lead to 64. Coach Uchenna Agada's side had 10 different scorers and balanced production across all four quarters.
Noah Kambire (Season PPG: 7.0) led TELB with 15 points, backed by Tomás Giordana Pi (16, ITA) with 13, Juan Joyner Lopes (17, ESP) with 12 and Gabriel Marques dos Ramos (15, PRT) with 10. Grégoire Leclercq added 9 and Mael Andé Cornou 8, with late contributions from Victor Frédéric Hahn (7). For SPAC, Mathieu Willem Meurs hit a three on his way to 5 points, captain Yann Kunzer Da Silva (16) also scored 5, while Giulio Sartorati had 4 and Nikolov 3.
Scoring mix underlines TELB's control: 37 made 2-pointers, 2 threes and 6 free throws. SPAC finished with 6 two-pointers, 2 threes and 4 free throws. SPAC's key players faced foul trouble: Kunzer Da Silva picked up two early fouls and reached four; Giulio Sartorati also finished on four P/P2 infractions, though no one fouled out. Coach Isabelle Grainne Mulcahy's team saw a two-game winning streak halted (win, win, loss), while TELB bounced back from a loss (loss, win).
New classification: SPAC sits 1st (+1), TELB 5th (no change).
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