Sparta Bertrange B reached the FLBB Cup semi-finals with an 88-66 home win over BBC Dikrich after controlling the game almost from the opening minutes.
Karl Abou Khalil's team opened on an 11-0 run, quickly moved to 19-2 and closed the first quarter 28-7. Louis Evrard (21, 1.99m) set the tone early, while Jules Wurth and Pitt Koster gave Sparta immediate scoring balance. Dikrich only started to settle after its first timeout, with Leonardo André Neves Lizardo (19, PRT) bringing points inside.
The second quarter was more balanced at 22-20. Dikrich found better rhythm through Neves Lizardo, Edson Monteiro Neves and Melvin da Silva Burgo Correia, but Sparta still kept full control and led 50-27 at the break. Evrard and Pol Schwartz (28, 1.80m) punished every lapse, and the margin never came close to changing the game dynamic.
The key stretch came in the third quarter. After Farih Nurkovic cut the gap to 50-30, Sparta answered immediately. Konstantinos Laliotis (17) went on a roll with 11 points in a row, including three straight three-pointers, and the lead jumped to 71-43 before reaching a game-high 37 points in the fourth period.
Sparta's leading scorers were Evrard with 26, Laliotis with 16, Schwartz with 15 and Koster with 12. Dikrich had Amar Sijaric with 14, Neves Lizardo with 14, Monteiro Neves with 11 and Nurkovic with 10. Sam Salvador Ferreira's side finished better with a 20-10 last quarter, but the early gap was too large. Dikrich also had Sijaric and captain Monteiro Neves in four-foul territory by the third quarter.
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