Sparta Bertrange C controlled AS Soleuvre B 64-45 in the M-U16 Division 7 Phase finale, pulling away after halftime. Quarter scores: 17-16, 17-13, 19-13, 11-3.
SOLB struck first through Sacha André Cabanel, but Lukas Maver answered with three consecutive baskets to set the tone. The opening frame stayed tight (17-16). In Q2, Maver stayed hot and Ozan Donmez (13, TUR) added punch off the bench as SPAC edged ahead 34-29 at the break, offsetting solid work from Maximilien Edouard Tran Van Mang (13, FRA) and Louis-Moris Guy Melsen (13).
The game flipped for good early in the third: SOLB pieced together an 8-2 spurt to briefly lead 37-36, but Maver restored the edge and Leopold Aina (Season PPG: 9.0) delivered an 8-0 personal run four straight inside finishes sparking an 11-0 team blast to 49-37. Samuele Mondello (Season PPG: 3.82) capped it with a three. SPAC took a 53-42 cushion into the fourth and squeezed the visitors to just three field-goal points the rest of the way. Maver closed it with two more buckets; the final 19-point margin was the largest of the night.
Maver (Season PPG: 12.71) erupted for 38 points his season high and 59% of SPAC's total. Aina added 10, Donmez 7. For SOLB, Tran Van Mang led with 17, Melsen had 14, and Ilan Fabbri chipped in 4. SPAC have now won both season meetings (72-61 away, 64-45) and move atop the Phase finale table at 2-1; SOLB sit third at 1-1. SPAC coach Frédéric François Agelan's third-quarter adjustment to attack inside proved decisive, despite SOLB coach Pedro Jorge Escada Carvalho's time-outs.
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