Telstar Hesperange B controlled Sparta Bertrange C, 59-48, in the Division 6 Phase 2 opener at holleschb2/central. After a steady 15-9 start and a balanced second quarter (27-21 at halftime), the game broke open after the break. Telstar ripped a 19-2 burst in the third quarter, fuelled by Grégoire Leclercq (16, FRA), who poured in 12 points in that period and strung together eight consecutive points for his team. Gabriel Marques dos Ramos capped the run with a three for the night's largest lead, +22 (48-26).
Sparta responded in the fourth (18-11), with Martin Cezard Mangel (16, FRA) attacking the lane for six late points and Jazz Pelkes adding key baskets, trimming the gap to 57-48 before Telstar closed it out.
For TELB, Juan Joyner Lopes da Costa dos S. (Season PPG: 6.40) led with 14 points, Leclercq (Season PPG: 5.67) added 12, all after halftime, and Nikola Angelov Mratsenkov (Season PPG: 3.78) scored 12, including two three-pointers. Marques dos Ramos (Season PPG: 9.40) chipped in 8, while Fabio Gilotti Gonzalez had 5 and Tomás Giordana Pi 4; Loïc Marc Craenen (TELB) and Pit Clément Decker rounded out the scoring.
For SPAC, Cezard Mangel (Season PPG: 7.71) finished with 12, Pelkes (Season PPG: 7.88) 10, Hanad Abdi Ege and Mert Bugra Kuzu (SPAC) 6 each, Konstantinos Laliotis (Season PPG: 10.22) 5 and Yann Kunzer da Silva 5.
Coach Uchenna Ohpani Agada's side makes it four wins in a row and climbs to the top of the Phase 2 classification (ranking gain +4). Coach Christophe Dubois' team sits fourth and is now on a three-game slide. Telstar also repeated their earlier-season success in this matchup (86-22 in Phase 1). The third-quarter surge and Leclercq's scoring streak defined the outcome.
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