Sparta Bertrange opened their championship round with a commanding 48-126 win in Bascharage, built on relentless pace and depth. After Bascharage briefly levelled at 5-5 through Viktor Pecirep and Ilija Radojevic, Sparta took control behind Hugo Dubois (15, BEL) and Markos Kolias. The visitors pushed to 10-28 after the first quarter, then settled the contest with a 12-0 start to the second period Maximilaan Flechtner, Aaron Torresani, Loïc Schmit and Isamu-Vincent Boisclair all scoring on the way to 11-42 in the quarter and a 21-70 halftime lead.
Bascharage's response came mainly from Pecirep (28 pts; Season PPG: 25.5), who later authored an 8-0 personal run early in the fourth. Radojevic added 8 (Season PPG: 16.17). But Sparta's rotation under coach Christian Michael Wulff overwhelmed the hosts: 10 different players reached double figures, including Vasileios Paspaltzis (13, GRC), Torresani (12), Schmit (12), Andrew Blanchard (12), Kolias (11), Flechtner (11), Thandizo Jon Zulu (10; Season PPG: 17.83), Boisclair (10) and William Scarsbrook (10).
The shot profile told the story: Bascharage hit 19 two-pointers and 10 free throws, with no three-pointers made. Sparta piled up 50 two-pointers, added 5 threes and 11 free throws. A late three by Paspaltzis and steady trips to the line from Dubois maintained the highest lead at 78. Coach Veljko Dragasevic used early timeouts but could not halt the second-quarter surge.
In the standings, Sparta jump four places to first (+4), while Bascharage sit sixth.
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