Nitia Bettembourg B controlled Sparta Bertrange C 79-58 after a steady build, overturning an early 15-18 deficit with a dominant middle. Sparta started the second quarter well, pushing ahead 23-15, but Coach Jonathan Mechin's side answered with a decisive 21-4 surge to close the half at 38-30. The break did not slow Nitia: a 24-11 third quarter stretched the gap to 62-41, their largest lead later matching the final 21 points.
Noah Horsmans powered Nitia with 26 points, mixing interior finishes and a first-quarter three. Wesley Almeida added 14 and was prominent during a third-quarter 7-0 spurt; Gilles Dawir (36) hit back-to-back threes in Q2 to flip momentum, and Jérémie Jean Pedro Palmer (35) chipped in 7. For Sparta, Philippe Simon Goeres Kler (29) poured in 21 and strung together much of the visitors' scoring after halftime, while Kevin Andrade Alves had 11. Florian Loic Strauch (30, DEU) scored 8 and Christian Wolf hit two late threes (6). Captain Philip Groff picked up three personals by mid-third, limiting Sparta's options.
Nitia complete a 2-0 sweep in the season head-to-head and climb to 6th in M-Division 2 (+4). It's their third straight win. Sparta sit 8th and remain on a six-game slide despite individual efforts. Coach Mechin's group won the hustle phases in Q2 and Q3 and never allowed a late rally.
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