League leader Sparta Bertrange stayed perfect at 3-0 and extended its winning run to three games with a 68-55 road win over 3rd-placed AS Soleuvre, who now have back-to-back losses.
The game started in a balanced way. Soleuvre opened 4-0 through Liam Alexander Jovanovic (SOL) and Louis Ferrai (SOL), and the home side still led 17-16 after one quarter. Sparta then changed the rhythm in the 2nd period. From 19-20, the visitors produced a 13-5 spell to reach 32-24, with strong contributions from Oskar Nagy (SPA), Reyansh Agarwal (Season PPG: 18.40) and Charel Didlinger (SPA). That gave Sparta a 36-29 halftime advantage.
The decisive phase came in the 3rd quarter. Soleuvre briefly stayed within range at 31-39 and later 37-48 after a three by Jovanovic (SOL), but Sparta answered well. Ioannis Paspaltzis (Season PPG: 11.80) and Nagy (SPA) kept the offense moving, and Sparta won the quarter 15-8 for a 51-37 lead.
In the 4th, Soleuvre tried to come back through Jovanovic (SOL), who finished with 23 points, and Ferrai (SOL), who added 14. But Sparta controlled the key moments. Nagy (SPA) scored 7 important points in the period, while Paspaltzis added 5, including another three. The visitors built their highest lead at 63-43. Soleuvre had some late answers, but the gap was too large.
Top scorers were Jovanovic with 23 for Soleuvre, ahead of Ferrai with 14 and Romeo Angeloni (SOL) with 10. For Sparta, Paspaltzis led with 20, Nagy followed with 19, and Agarwal added 12. A small detail in the flow: Ferrai committed back-to-back fouls early in the 4th, and De Marco did the same for Sparta later in the quarter. Coaches Dias Gonavles and Paspaltzis saw a game that turned mainly in the middle two quarters.
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