AS Soleuvre, now 3rd after a gain of three places, stopped a two-game losing run by edging Sparta Bertrange 109-107 after overtime in a game with repeated swings. Sparta remain 6th and have now lost three in a row.
Soleuvre started well and moved from 15-12 to 25-12 with 10 unanswered points, driven by Lou Lahure (SOL, 35 points) and Marvin Contreras (SOL, 21). Bertrange answered immediately with their own 10-0 finish to close the first quarter at 25-22, then extended that surge into the second period. From 25-12, Sparta produced a 20-0 sequence across the break to lead 32-25, with Petar Kulisic (SPA, 24) and Alexander Hugo Bel Möller (SPA, 27) at the center of it.
At halftime, Sparta were still in front 43-40, and the visitors controlled the third quarter even more clearly. Anton Mercier (SPA, 32) was highly productive in that phase, while Bel Möller and Kulisic kept the pressure on. When Sparta reached 75-59 late in the third, it was their biggest lead at 16 points.
Soleuvre changed the rhythm in the fourth. Max Kunen (SOL, 19) opened the comeback, Contreras hit back-to-back threes, and Lahure kept converting in key moments. The hosts erased the gap step by step, tied at 93-93, then Kunen's late three made it 96-96 and sent the game to overtime.
The extra period stayed tight. Mercier put Sparta ahead, Kunen answered from the line, Lahure tied it again with a three at 101-101, and Pit Simon (SOL, 4) gave Soleuvre a crucial lift with 4 points in overtime, including the winning basket for 109-107. Sparta also lost Bel Möller on fouls in the closing phase, an important factor in such a narrow finish.
For coach Olivier Haan's team, Lahure's 35-point game stood out most, with strong support from Contreras, Kunen and Matteo Fratini (SOL, 15). For coach Yann Ewert's side, Mercier, Bel Möller, Kulisic and William Scarsbrook (SPA, 19) carried most of the offensive load.
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