Musel Pikes overpowered Sparta Bertrange 85-30 in the W-U14 Division 1 Championship Round (Aller/game 1) at Atert. The visitors set the tone immediately, racing to 8-0 before closing the first quarter 25-3, including a 17-1 stretch. Sparta briefly stabilized in the second frame (13-22), but the gap kept growing: 47-16 at half, 61-23 after three, and a final margin of +55, the largest lead of the night.
Emma Gloden (Season PPG: 33.83) led Musel with 30 points, repeatedly breaking the game open with back-to-back scores late in the first and another burst after the break. She had help everywhere: Lena Mischo (MUS) added 18, Lilly Weber (MUS) 17, and Chloé Anne-Laure Siebenaler (Season PPG: 8.20) 9. Musel's profile was clear 35 made two-pointers for 70 points in the paint/mid-range, plus three triples (Gloden, Weber, and Julidé Klara Lambe, Season PPG: 7.60; 12, BEL) for 9 more. They needed just six free throws.
Sparta's resistance came mainly from Anaé Sacaze (SPA) with 12 points and trips to the line, supported by Stéphanie Stoeva (SPA) with 8 and Camille Blau (SPA) with 6. The hosts did not make a three-pointer (11 two-pointers, 8 free throws). Early foul trouble hurt: Marie-Fleur Elisabeth Flechtner (SPA) picked up three fouls in the first quarter, and both Sacaze and Stoeva later reached four.
Game flow featured several runs: after Sparta's first basket (8-2), Musel stormed away to 25-3 by the first break; in the fourth, Lambe's three and Gloden's steady scoring re-energized a 24-7 close. Coach Majdi Anan's group controlled every quarter, while Laurent Cames' team found its best moments in the second period through Sacaze's aggressiveness.
In the standings, Musel Pikes climb to 1st (gain +4), Sparta sit 4th (down 2).
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