Sparta Bertrange C overpowered BC Mess B 87-33 in M-U14 Division 6 (Phase 1) at Atert/terrain1, climbing to 1st place (+4) while Mess sits 4th (-1). Sparta set the tone with a 7-0 start and led 18-8 after Q1, 37-14 at halftime. The margin kept growing across all quarters (+10, +13, +15, +16), with a decisive third period (22-7) and a 10-0 surge early in Q4 that pushed the game out of reach.
Captain Raphaël Grieco (13) led Sparta with 25 points, including a personal three-score sequence early in the fourth (two FTs and a layup). Panagiotis Vergis (12, GRC) added 17 while managing four fouls, Ozan Donmez (TUR) scored 13, and Giovanni Vena (ITA) 12. Thor Wintersdorff supplied 10 off the bench, with back-to-back baskets in Q1 and later a two-bucket burst in Q3.
For Mess, Mathis Alves Nunes paced the offense with 15 points and produced a string of free throws in the third quarter; Elija Jungers followed with 6, while Rayan Macedo Mendes and Théo Pepporte had 4 each. Captain Lou Kinn Varela scored 2. Foul accumulation hurt the visitors: Alves Nunes, Macedo Mendes, Dimitrios Louskos and Varela all finished on four fouls, while Sparta's Vergis also reached four.
Coaches: Tine Nagy's rotation kept Sparta's pressure constant; Nigel Erich Nicolas Winandy's side fought to stem multiple Sparta runs. Highest lead: +54 at the finish.
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