Sparta Bertrange B controlled the game in Heffingen from the opening tip and won 92-49. After US Heffingen C briefly led 6-5, Sparta closed the first quarter on a 13-0 run and finished the period 25-10, fueled by two late triples from Max Hagen and steady scoring by Charel Wallenborn (27, 1.86m). The gap widened before halftime (48-19) as Wallenborn and Tom Germeaux connected from deep and in transition.
Axel Mertes carried Heffingen's offense, scoring his team's first 10 points and finishing with 23 (11 two-point field goals), nearly half of HEFC's total. He found some help after the break from Nicolas Colbach (8) and Joé Prim (6), and a late 9-0 HEFC burst early in the fourth trimmed it to 44-81, but Sparta quickly restored control.
Sparta's third quarter (24-8) decided it: a 12-2 start out of halftime pushed the lead beyond 30, with Hagen's third triple, Wallenborn relentlessly at the rim, and back-to-back threes by youngsters Hanad Abdi Ege and Konstantinos Laliotis (16, GRC). The largest lead reached 48 points (29-77, then 33-81). Abdi Ege committed two quick personals in that spell but Sparta's depth absorbed it.
Top performers
- Sparta: Wallenborn 26, Hagen 17 (Season PPG: 18.0), Nicolas Hittelet 9 (27, 2.00m), Leo Engels 7 (21, 1.97m), Laliotis 7.
- Heffingen: Mertes 23 (Season PPG: 11.36), Colbach 8 (Season PPG: 3.86), Prim 6; among their scorers off the bench, Rafael Hernan Agreda Barrios (43, VEN) added 5 and Bodgan Radacina-Rusu 4.
Coach Karl Abou Khalil's side also took the previous meeting (96-49), and this second clear win lifts Sparta to 3rd place (9-6, +2 positions). HEFC remain 11th (3-12). Sparta have now won two straight; Heffingen's slide continues. Coach Claude Ludwig's team fought to the end, but the visitor's perimeter bursts and third-quarter surge set the tone.
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US Heffingen C