Sparta Bertrange controlled this cup round-of-16 game in Diekirch and won 113-74, with the break coming mainly after the first quarter.
BBC Dikrich stayed in contact early at 30-34. Jo Freimann (29, 1.88m) gave the home side a perimeter lift, and Amar Sijaric (DIE) added three free throws late in the opening period. After that, coach Karl Abou Khalil's team raised the pace and stretched the game. Sparta won the second quarter 24-9 and turned a four-point edge into a 58-39 halftime lead. That phase was decisive: Davide Aquaro (22, 1.81m), Ata Tastekin (SPA) and Victor Stein (29, 1.90m) all scored in the run, while Dikrich struggled to answer consistently.
The third quarter was even more open offensively at 55-35 for Sparta. Lennart Holsten (30, 2.05m, Germany) kept finishing inside, and Tom Germeaux (21, 1.99m) punished the defense from long range. Germeaux hit five 3-pointers overall and reached 25 points despite picking up three fouls early. Holsten also scored 25, with Nicolas Hittelet (28, 2.00m) adding 19 and Tastekin 15. Sparta's lead peaked at 39 points.
Dikrich still had some productive moments. Sijaric (DIE) finished with 12, including consecutive third-quarter threes, Freimann scored 10, and Ayrton David Babinyanga Bonyeme (DIE) had 9. Farih Nurkovic (DIE), only 15, contributed 5 points. Coach Sam Salvador Ferreira used his rotation broadly, but Sparta's depth and scoring waves were too strong, especially once the visitors moved from a close first quarter into repeated separation runs before and after halftime.
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