Sparta Bertrange C edged Arantia Larochette C 70-65 in a close M-Division 2 game and moved up to 10th place (+1), while Arantia stayed 6th. It was also a clear reversal of the first meeting, which Arantia had won 88-55. For Sparta, this success stopped a six-game losing streak.
Arantia controlled the opening quarter at 21-11. Pedro Nunes Jordao (37, 1.82m, PRT; Season PPG: 22.00) and Alvis Kasteckas (Season PPG: 21.29) set the tone immediately: Nunes scored 9 of his team's first 13 points, and the visitors reached 30-17 in the second period.
That was the turning point. Sparta's coaching response was effective, and the home side flipped the game with a major run. From 17-30, SPAC produced a 24-3 surge to lead 41-33, then finished the period on a massive 42-14 stretch to go in front 59-44. During that phase, Danny Weiwers (Season PPG: 17.62) was decisive with repeated scores inside and from the line, while Maxime Biname (Season PPG: 9.27), Christian Wolf (Season PPG: 6.54), Max Flies (Season PPG: 7.17) and Philippe Goeres Kler (Season PPG: 7.00) all added important baskets.
Weiwers led Sparta with 18 points, Biname had 13, and Flies, Wolf, Bové and Glesener gave solid support. Arantia stayed alive behind Nunes' 27 points and Kasteckas' 25; together they produced 52 of the team's 65 points. In the last part of the game, Arantia pushed back from 61-44 to 70-65, with Schmit and Nunes hitting key shots, but Sparta kept just enough margin. Goeres Kler also had a delicate spell with three fouls in the third period as Arantia tried to turn the momentum again.
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