US Heffingen controlled Sparta Bertrange C 70-52 in M-U14 Division 5 (Phase 2), building the win across the first three quarters (16-11, 16-9, 26-16) before managing the finish. Heffingen opened 5-0 and 10-2, forcing an early timeout from coach Tine Nagy. The key push came late in the second quarter: from 22-18, Heffingen strung together a 10-0 run to 32-18 and went to halftime up 32-20. After the break, a 7-0 burst to 39-22 blew the game open; the hosts reached a highest lead of 22.
Mex Steinmetz (Season PPG: 26.71), just 11 years old, led all scorers with 30, scoring in flurries and adding multiple points at the line. Captain Mett Dostert (Season PPG: 16.00) added 23, including two triples, and repeatedly halted Sparta's attempts to build momentum. Tim Yeong-Jun Kass (Season PPG: 5.29) chipped in 7 despite foul trouble (four fouls), while Simon Hari (HEF) brought 6 off the bench.
For Sparta, Thor Wintersdorff (Season PPG: 10.33) delivered 16 inside finishes. Gabriel Sierra Ferruz (SPAC) added 12 and opened the fourth with four straight points to trim the gap briefly. Supporting scorers at 4 points each included Panagiotis Vergis (Season PPG: 8.50), Raphaël Grieco (Season PPG: 12.75), Teng Yi Zahn (Season PPG: 3.50), Ozan Donmez (Season PPG: 7.83) and Giovanni Vena (Season PPG: 8.57). Olaf Komor-Richter accumulated three P2 infractions, while Zahn and Grieco also reached three fouls.
Coach Andrej Gruskovnjak's timeouts steadied Heffingen at key moments, notably answering Sparta's mini-runs in the third and early fourth. In the standings, Heffingen stay top, while Sparta sit second; Heffingen have now won two straight, and Sparta's five-game winning streak ends.
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