Sparta Bertrange C controlled Mambra Mamer B, 54-36 at atert/central, shaping the game with runs in each quarter and steady defense. The opening minutes were balanced (2-2, then 3-2 MAMB after Til Zorz at the line), before SPAC answered with inside scoring from Thor Wintersdorff and Raphaël Grieco and closed the first period on a 6-0 burst to lead 15-8.
MAMB briefly threatened early in the second (15-12 via Pharrell André Demougin and Nikolaos Kouvaras), but SPAC replied with a 9-1 stretch powered by Maxim Lamot and Ozan Donmez, with Teng Yi Zahn adding, to reach 28-16 at the break. Demougin carried MAMB in the third (9 points in the quarter) to 34-25, yet SPAC strung 7 unanswered Panagiotis Vergis and Gabriel Sierra scoring to 41-25. The hosts entered the fourth up 41-28.
Ioannis Paspaltzis (11, GRC) then decided it: a three and a two for five straight points to start Q4, plus another triple later for a game-high 19-point margin (51-32). Adam Andrea Tartortas added late baskets, but the gap held.
Top performers: for SPAC, Vergis (10) steady throughout, Paspaltzis (10) impactful with two fourth-quarter threes, Sierra (8), Wintersdorff (6) and Giovanni Vena (6) added balance. For MAMB, Demougin (18, 11, FRA) produced half of his team's total, with Kouvaras (5) and Tartortas (4) next; MAMB did not convert from long range. Lamot picked up two quick fouls in Q2, while Zorz and Manraj Singh Virdee finished with three each.
Coach Frédéric François Agelan's side held MAMB to eight points in three quarters. SPAC has now won five straight and climbs to 3rd (+2) in M-U14 Division 5: Phase 2, while MAMB sits 4th and has dropped two in a row. SPAC also leads the season series 2-0 (79-46, 54-36).
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