Sparta Bertrange controlled in Walfer, winning 89-72 over Résidence Walferdange before 175 spectators and completing a 2-0 sweep of the season series (100-94 away, 89-72 away). Karl Abou Khalil's team led 20-11 after the first quarter, sparked by early threes from Max Logelin (Season PPG: 16.72, RPG: 5.57, AssPG: 3.50) and Tom Germeaux. An unsportsmanlike on Philippe Arendt in Q2 offered a window, but Brendan Bailey (Season PPG: 22.22, RPG: 9.71, AssPG: 1.33) and Tom Schomer briefly trimmed the gap before Jarvis Williams erupted.
Williams (Season PPG: 25.06, RPG: 6.21, AssPG: 2.38) buried a barrage of threes six in the period, including three in quick succession to push Sparta to a 46-36 halftime lead. After the break, Victor Stein scored and Yannick Verbeelen (Season PPG: 9.56, RPG: 1.11, AssPG: 3.29) added five straight points to stretch the margin to 56-38, the night's largest at +18. Timeouts from Rainer Kloss couldn't shift momentum; Bailey answered with a three, but Verbeelen replied from deep and Sparta kept a double-digit cushion into the fourth.
In the final quarter Williams kept scoring inside, Nicolas Hittelet added two baskets, and Arendt hit a late three, with Davide Aquaro (22, 1.81m) nailing a dagger from distance to close it out. Sparta's perimeter and paint efficiency stood out: 56% on 2s and 44% on 3s, versus Résidence's 49% and 36%. The visitors also won the glass 38-29 and edged turnovers 15-19.
Williams produced 29 points (6/10 3P) and 10 rebounds; support came from Logelin (14) and Verbeelen (14), while Victor Iwuakor added 10 on 4/4 inside. For Résidence, John Clark Slajchert (Season PPG: 26.83, RPG: 5.24, AssPG: 3.33) led with 22, and Bailey had 18 and 9 boards. Oliver Vujakovic added 8, Schomer 10 before fouling out late.
Sparta climb to first place at 15-3. Résidence stay seventh at 8-10 and are on a five-game skid.
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