League leaders Sparta Bertrange extended their winning run to four games and completed a 2-0 season sweep of BBC East Side Pirates with this 79-72 home win, after the earlier 64-59 success away. Sparta stayed first in M-U14 Division 1: Phase finale at 9-1, while sixth-placed BEP fell to 1-9 and a second straight defeat.
The game was shaped by Sparta's first-half control. They led 25-18 after the opening quarter, but BEP fought back and Emil Denter tied it at 29-29 in the second period. That was the key moment. Yann Ewert's team replied with an 18-2 run to close the half at 47-31, the biggest gap of the evening. Petar Kulisic (Season PPG: 25.78) and 13-year-old Alexander Möller from Sweden (Season PPG: 13.84) each scored 8 points in that stretch.
BBC East Side Pirates came back strongly after the break. Captain Emil Denter (Season PPG: 26.13) produced 12 points in the third quarter and helped his team win the period 24-14, cutting the deficit to 61-55. Stefan Jankovic (Season PPG: 18.33) and Nicolas Nestgen (Season PPG: 17.74) also kept Sparta under pressure.
It stayed a close game in the fourth quarter when BEP reduced the score to 74-70, with Stefan Jankovic scoring 5 points in that push. Sparta's answer came quickly through Kulisic, who steadied the home side and finished with 26 points. Möller added 20, and Anton Mercier from France (Season PPG: 15.13) scored 11. For BEP, Denter was the game-high scorer with 33 points, supported by Stefan Jankovic's 18 and Nestgen's 13.
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