Sparta Bertrange B overpowered T71 Dudelange B 76-49 in the M-U14 Division 3 opener at Atert, building control from the tip. A 12-0 start, driven by Rafael Ferreira (SPAB) and Jan Rotink (SPAB), set the tone, and the hosts closed the first quarter up 22-10. By halftime it was 43-23, with balanced scoring from Maxim Lamot (SPAB), Charel Didlinger (SPAB) and Ivano Zelic (SPAB).
Sparta broke it open in the third (20-10), stretching the gap to a highest lead of 30 (61-31). Liam Ammermann (SPAB) poured in 8 in that period, and Didlinger scored back-to-back baskets to push the lead to 51-29. T71 responded late: they won the fourth 16-13 and pieced together a 10-0 run from 67-35 to 67-45 behind Berin Hajdarpasic (12) and Jim Resl (both T71B), but the margin was already decisive.
Sparta's scoring was deep: Ammermann 14, Didlinger 14, Ferreira 13, Lamot 12, Zelic 10, Rotink 8. Ioannis Metaxas Trikardos (12, GRC) added 5, including Sparta's lone three. T71 relied on Hajdarpasic (16), with Lorenzo Magoum and Resl at 8 each and Nikola Bugarski adding 7. Shot profile: Sparta hit 35 two-pointers (plus 1 triple, 3 FTs); T71 made 23 twos (no threes, 3 FTs). T71's Levi Besch and Magoum finished on four fouls; no one fouled out. Coaches Tine Nagy and Ronny Schanen rotated widely, with Sparta's waves of scoring carrying the day.
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