Sparta Bertrange B won 66-44 on the floor of Résidence Walferdange and turned around the direct matchup after the earlier 29-73 loss in this phase. It also stopped Sparta's five-game losing streak, while Walferdange stayed in 2nd place despite a fourth straight defeat. Sparta moved up to 5th.
The game was largely shaped by the opening quarter. Coach Tine Nagy's team started 6-0, and after Walferdange had cut it to 4-8, Sparta produced a decisive 15-0 run to 23-4. That first period ended 26-7 and gave the visitors immediate control.
Walferdange reacted well in the second quarter. Their captain, 13-year-old Latvian Stefans Grandovskis (Season PPG: 9.56), carried the offense and helped his team close the half with an 11-2 stretch. From 14-33, Résidence came back to 25-35 and gave the game a different tone before the break.
The third quarter was another key moment. Sparta opened it with six unanswered points to rebuild the margin to 41-25. Walferdange answered through Grandovskis and 14-year-old Lithuanian Jonas Mikucionis (Season PPG: 6.14), but Sparta kept the initiative and led 48-35 after three.
In the last quarter, Grandovskis hit the only three-pointer of the home team to reduce the gap to 42-56. Sparta then had the decisive answer: a 10-0 run to 66-42, their biggest lead of the evening.
Liam Ammermann (Season PPG: 9.45) led Sparta with 21 points, Giovanni Vena (Season PPG: 11.38) added 19, and Thor Wintersdorff (Season PPG: 9.67) scored 12. Oskar Nagy (Season PPG: 10.43) contributed 8. Sparta's attack was built almost entirely inside, with 31 made two-point baskets.
For Walferdange, Grandovskis also finished with 21 points, including 16 before halftime. Mikucionis added 10. Joaquym Questier (Season PPG: 7.94) and Raphaël Newton (Season PPG: 0.90) helped the second-quarter push, but early foul pressure on Questier limited some of the home momentum.
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