AS Soleuvre controlled the game from the start in Bertrange, beating Sparta Bertrange B 73-54 in M-U16 Division 2. The visitors set the tone with a 12-24 first quarter and broke the contest open in the second. A telling 13-2 run from 14-28 to 16-41, sparked by Pit Simon (Season PPG: 11.4), Max Kunen (Season PPG: 15.4) and a triple from Lou Lahure, delivered the highest lead at +25 (18-43 and again 20-45). Halftime read 24-45.
Sparta reacted after the break with a 6-2 start to 30-47 and a three by Simon Derwael-Thomsin (Season PPG: 17.4) for 33-49, forcing Tom Lahure's team to steady through Yann Conan (SOL) and Nik Lahure (Season PPG: 20.4). Another surge restored a 39-58 cushion after three. The final period was balanced (15-15), but the gap never dipped below 18. Derwael-Thomsin briefly caught fire with four points in a row late, yet Soleuvre answered immediately.
For Soleuvre, Nik Lahure led with 21 points, including a key third-quarter sequence of free throws and a field goal that killed Sparta's momentum. Kunen added 14 and hit two free throws in a row to push the halftime margin to +25; he also received a technical foul in the third. Simon scored 12, while Conan brought 11 valuable points from the rotation. Nils Krantz (SOL) chipped in early in the second quarter to ignite the big run.
Sparta's best answers came from Derwael-Thomsin (16) and Jakob Kavas Puc (Season PPG: 14.6) with 12, plus Lukas Maver (Season PPG: 13.75) with 11. David Alves dos Santos (SPAB) added 6, and Loïc Schmit hit a fourth-quarter three to briefly cut the deficit.
Soleuvre, second in the standings (4-1), have now won three in a row. Sparta remain winless (0-5) in sixth. Dimitrios Paspaltzis used an early second-quarter timeout to halt the slide; Tom Lahure countered mid-third to stop Sparta's push. The decisive stretch stayed that second-quarter 13-2 run and the +25 peak before halftime.
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