T71 Dudelange B controlled Sparta Bertrange B, 89-65, in the M-U16 Division 3 Phase 2 round-robin opener, building the gap step by step: 19-16, 24-16, 21-18, 25-15 by quarters.
After a balanced first stanza, Tim Wagner powered T71 at both ends of Q1, closing with 9 points in the period and giving Coach Sandro Ceresi a 3-point edge. The game broke open in Q2: from 25-24, T71 strung together a 10-0 run (Babovic, Papa Müller, Mariuzzo 3 pts in a row, and Jemming from deep) to 35-24. Early in Q3, Sparta's captain Simon Derwael-Thomsin kept his team in touch with a flurry (free throw, two 2s and a 3), but T71 answered with another 10-0 burst Adrovic (14, MNE) scored back-to-back, then Mariuzzo hit consecutive baskets and Babovic added two more for 61-46. The hosts opened Q4 6-0 and later stretched the largest lead to 26 (80-54), never looking back.
Wagner led T71 with 20, Théo Mariuzzo added 17, and captain Luka Babovic 14. Paddy Keiser contributed 10 including two fourth-quarter threes; Ben Jemming chipped in two triples, and Felix Trierweiler buried a late three off the bench. Keiser and Mariuzzo carried four fouls but finished.
For Sparta, Derwael-Thomsin poured in 23, Vasileios Paspaltzis had 14 with two threes, and Lukas Maver (15, SVN) added 10. Andrew Blanchard (15, USA) and Tristan Mosonyi added timely buckets, yet T71's repeated runs decided the rhythm.
Form and table context: T71 extend their good spell to three straight wins and climb to 2nd (+4). Sparta remain on a difficult stretch with six defeats in a row and sit 5th. Coach Dimitrios Paspaltzis' side stayed competitive early, but T71's depth and timely outside shooting settled it.
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