Third-placed Racing Luxembourg controlled sixth-placed Sparta Bertrange B from the opening half and won 95-51 in the M-U14 Division 2 Phase finale. Racing also completed the season sweep after the earlier 93-56 road win against the same opponent. Coach Christian Nittler's team is now on a three-game winning run, while Sparta has dropped three in a row.
The game had one short balanced spell early on. Racing moved to 8-2, but Sparta answered through Oskar Nagy and Liam Ammermann to level at 8-8. That was the away side's best moment of the first half. Racing then closed the first quarter on a 16-4 run for 24-12, and the second period widened the gap further. The home team kept scoring through several hands and led 48-25 at the break.
Sparta came out well after halftime and produced a 12-0 run, cutting the score from 48-25 to 48-37 with Giovanni Vena, Ammermann, Nagy and Teng Yi Zahn all contributing. Racing reacted immediately and that stretch was decisive: the home side answered with a 19-4 spell to restore full control at 67-41 after three quarters. In the last period, Racing finished much stronger again, including the final 16 points in a row, and the biggest lead reached 44.
Racing had five players in double figures and scoring depth across the whole roster. Nicolas Breistroff (Season PPG: 11.08) led with 15, Gabriel Guillen (Season PPG: 5.71), the 12-year-old Lithuanian, added 14, while Jules Payen Morolli (Season PPG: 6.46) and Levi Balde (Season PPG: 9.95) each scored 12. Jean Georges Pongas (Season PPG: 7.53) finished with 11.
For Sparta, Nagy (Season PPG: 10.65) was the main offensive option with 20 points, Vena (Season PPG: 12.62) added 16, and captain Ammermann (Season PPG: 8.76) had 10. The 14-year-old Zahn also gave useful support with 4 points during Sparta's third-quarter push.
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