Gréngewald Hueschtert C bounced back from its previous defeat and moved up two places to 3rd in M-Division 2 with a clear 84-54 home win over 9th-ranked Sparta Bertrange C. It was also a strong answer to the first meeting of the season, which Sparta had won 52-49.
The game turned quickly after Sparta's early 5-3 lead. GREC settled with a 6-0 push from Axel Ulrich Olafsson (24), then, after Sparta got back to 12-9, the home side added another 8 unanswered points. The key stretch came at the end of the first quarter and start of the second: GREC closed the opening period with 12 straight points and extended that run to 23-0 overall across the two quarters, opening a commanding 44-17 advantage. The quarter scores reflected that control: 33-17 and 13-7 before halftime.
Sparta reacted with a 7-2 finish to the second quarter and opened the third with 5 straight points through Danny Weiwers (Season PPG: 17.57), but never got closer than 17 in the second half. GREC answered each small push and later reached its biggest lead at 76-44.
Olafsson led the winners with 28 points in only his fourth game in this competition. Diogo Miguel Melicio Paiva (Season PPG: 12.90) added 17, including 8 consecutive points late in the first quarter, and Anastasios Kotsopoulos (Season PPG: 15.20) scored 16. For Sparta, Weiwers finished with 17, Christian Wolf (Season PPG: 6.71) had 9, and Maxime Biname (Season PPG: 9.17) added 8. Weiwers was also whistled for two fouls in a row early in the first quarter.
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Gréngewald Hueschtert C