Sparta Bertrange overpowered Kordall Steelers 178-19 in M-U14 Division 2 (Phase 1) at Atert. Coach Yann Ewert's side set the tone with a ruthless 28-0 opening run before Kordall finally scored through Ema Babacic. Sparta kept stringing together long unanswered stretches and reached a peak lead of 159 points, with constant pressure in transition and a steady stream of finishes at the rim and timely outside makes.
Several Sparta players had decisive bursts. Rafael Ferreira (Season PPG: 19.67) strung together three straight baskets early to push it to 20-0. Filip Schumacher (Season PPG: 17.4) led all scorers with 36, including two makes from deep that punctuated mid-game surges. Support was broad: Anton Mercier (SPA) added 22, Petar Kulisic (Season PPG: 24.6) 20, Jan Rotink (Season PPG: 8.33) 18 and Bora Oner (Season PPG: 9.2) 18. Oskar Nagy (Season PPG: 7.25) hit from long range, and Alessandro Giannini (Season PPG: 6.38) chipped in consistently. Ewert rotated early and often, and nine Sparta players found the score sheet.
Kordall's offense ran almost exclusively through 12-year-old French guard Adham Asfarelouldidi (Season PPG: 6.8), who scored 11 but picked up five personal fouls in quick succession and fouled out, a sequence that further limited the visitors. Babacic Ema (KDS) added 8 and briefly stemmed the tide with a pair of inside finishes. Coach Arnaud Stephane Sirjean tried multiple adjustments, but Sparta's runs kept coming, highlighted by another wave when Schumacher and Mercier pushed the margin past 100.
Sparta remains top of the classification at 5-0 and extends its winning streak to five. Kordall drops to 0-5 and sits sixth.
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