Mambra Mamer controlled Sparta Bertrange B, 92-56, in M-U16 Division 2: Phase 1 at Mamer. The first quarter was balanced (20-14): SPAB opened through Jakob Kavas Puc (SPAB), before Ethan Martins (MAM) and Nicolas Bos (MAM) answered to give the hosts the edge, capped by a pair of 6-0 spurts.
The game broke open in the second quarter. After early free throws by Ivan Aleksandrovic (MAM), the hosts strung together a dominant 27-6 period. Nathan Ryan Coombes (MAM), Bos and Martins repeatedly found the paint, and an 8-0 burst to close the half sent Mamer to the lockers up 47-20, despite a timeout from coach Dimitrios Paspaltzis.
Simon Derwael-Thomsin (SPAB) opened the third with a three, but coach Arnaud Stirn's team kept the tempo: Arda Selim Isiklar (MAM) scored twice inside, Gabriel Fihey (MAM) buried two triples, and Martins added a three. Martins picked up two quick fouls in this stretch yet stayed efficient, pushing the lead to 72-37 after three.
In the fourth, Derwael-Thomsin caught fire from deep with three made threes and brief back-to-back scores in the third earlier, but Mamer reached a highest lead of +40 at 90-50 before SPAB closed 6-2 to the buzzer.
Top performers MAM: Martins (20; 1x3, 8x2, 1 FT), Coombes (17; 8x2, 1 FT), Bos (16; 8x2), Fihey (8; 2x3), Ivan Vasiljevic (9). For SPAB: Derwael-Thomsin (24; 4x3, 5x2, 2 FT) and Kavas Puc (22; all from two-point range) combined for 46 of the team's 56.
In the standings, Mamer move to 1-1 and sit 1st, bouncing back after an opening loss. Sparta Bertrange B are 0-2 (3rd) after back-to-back defeats.
(AI generated)