Musel Pikes C won 72-62 away at Sparta Bertrange C and, after this opening game of the championship round, sit 1st in M-Division 2 while SPAC are 8th.
The game turned several times. MUSC started better and built an early 11-2 lead. Quentin Bouttet (MUSC) was immediately on a roll, scoring eight straight points in that opening burst. Sparta settled afterwards through Danny Weiwers (SPAC), who carried the home offense and helped close the gap to 19-19 before Paul Heinesch (MUSC) gave the visitors a 21-19 edge after one quarter.
The second quarter was MUSC's strongest first-half stretch. After Sparta had cut it to 22-26, the visitors answered with a 14-2 run, with Sven Klauner (MUSC), Chris Konsbruck (MUSC), Christian Heinesch (MUSC) and Maximilian Tschiderer (MUSC) all involved. That created the game's highest lead at 16 points and put MUSC in control at 42-30 at halftime.
Sparta's response in the third quarter was strong. Weiwers remained the reference point, and SPAC pieced together a comeback with support from Christian Wolf (SPAC), Kevin Andrade Alves (SPAC) and player-coach Philip Groff (SPAC). A 13-3 spell turned 38-46 into 51-49, giving Sparta its first lead of the evening.
MUSC reacted well in the last quarter. They opened with six unanswered points, and later, from 59-58, produced the decisive 9-0 run through Lou Bruck (MUSC), Christian Heinesch (MUSC) and Tschiderer (MUSC) for 68-58.
Top scorers were Weiwers with 25 for SPAC, ahead of Gil Bové (SPAC) with 10. For MUSC, Bouttet finished with 23, while Christian Heinesch and Tschiderer added 12 each. Florian Loic Strauch (31, 0.00m, DEU) gave Sparta support and also committed a disruptive foul in the second quarter. Christian Heinesch and Tschiderer both played in foul trouble and later fouled out, but their impact remained important.
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