Musel Pikes B pulled away at Atert to beat Sparta Bertrange B 87-70. Sparta started sharper (25-22 after 10 minutes), but the game flipped in the second quarter. After SPAB briefly led 36-34, Musel closed the half on a 12-1 burst (37-46) behind steady free throws from Emmanuel Sadler and inside finishes from Luca Monteiro Delgado. The third period decided it: Musel strung together an 18-0 run from 47-52 to 47-70, the night's highest lead (+23), with Delgado and Félix Fechter at the rim and Yann Herrmann and David Ferreira Gordo striking from deep. Time-outs couldn't halt the momentum.
Charel Wallenborn (26, 1.86m) tried to revive Sparta in the fourth, opening with four straight points and later drilling two threes; he was outstanding with 37 points (5 threes, 9 twos, 4 FTs). Christophe Logelin (Season PPG: 6.8) added 13, while Jules Beicht and Tudor-Filip Mihai (18) scored 9 each. All 70 SPAB points came from the starting five.
Musel's balance and depth told. Sadler paced them with 19, Eric Steffen (Season PPG: 18.27) had 16, Monteiro Delgado (19, 1.95m) chipped 15 in a key third-quarter surge, and Ferreira Gordo (20, 1.88m, Portugal) hit three triples for 13. Herrmann contributed 8 with two threes. Notably, Musel's bench produced 40 points. Both teams made seven threes, but Musel dominated inside with 31 two-point field goals (SPAB 21). Ferreira Gordo picked up consecutive fouls in Q2 yet stayed effective.
Coach Philippe Steffen's group rebounded from a loss and climbs to 5th (6-5). Sparta is 6th (6-5) and sees a three-game winning run halted.
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