Nitia Bettembourg controlled Sparta Bertrange B 82-66 in the M-U14 Division 3: Phase 2 championship round (Aller, game 3) at Bettembourg. The opening was balanced: Sparta jumped to 0-4 and the first quarter closed 25-24. Nitia created separation in the second period (19-13), stringing together a 6-0 that flipped 30-31 into 36-31 and taking a 44-37 lead to halftime.
The third quarter decided it. Ewen Man-Fei Leung (13, FRA) took over, pushing the gap from 44-39 to 60-48 and scoring Nitia's next eight points in that span. Sparta's guard picked up two quick fouls in the middle of that run, and Nitia never looked back. Early in the fourth, the margin peaked at +18 (70-52) and again at 82-64. Sparta threatened only sporadically through Oskar Nagy and Ioannis Metaxas Trikardos, but every push met an immediate reply.
Nitia's scoring column was led by Leung with 27. Yohannes Thomas Michael (Season PPG: 19.17) added 18, and Adrian Ion Zianveni (Season PPG: 19.17) supplied 13, including key free throws across quarters. Daniel Hammouda (Season PPG: 7.17) chipped in 13 and steadied the line late in the third. Coach Jérôme Defer's group also had timely shots from Mark Mencler.
For Sparta, Nagy (12, SVN) posted 18, while Metaxas Trikardos and William Vasdo-Jensen added 13 each; Liam Ammermann had 9 and captain Ivano Zelic 6. Coach Tine Nagy's team opened well but couldn't stem Nitia's thirdquarter surge.
Nitia extends its run to seven straight wins and stays top of the Phase 2 classification at 3-0. Sparta, now 1-1, sits second.
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