Sparta Bertrange C edged Kordall Steelers B 72-71 in a very tight M-Division 2 game between teams now ranked 7th and 8th, both on 22 classification points after the round. SPAC gained four places with this win. It also balanced the season series after KDSB had taken the first meeting 93-76.
KDSB were slightly sharper before the break and led 33-29 at halftime. Noah Zucca (Season PPG: 16.82) and Djessi Fernandes da Conceicao (Season PPG: 10.00) gave the visitors stability, while captain Raphael Kemmer (Season PPG: 13.29) added timely scoring.
The key shift came in the third quarter. SPAC turned a 29-33 deficit into a 55-41 lead with a 26-8 period, their best phase of the evening and the game's highest margin at 14 points. Kevin Andrade Alves (Season PPG: 7.86) scored 6 points in a row during that stretch, and Florian Strauch (Season PPG: 9.00), the 30-year-old German, added efficient inside production.
KDSB answered strongly in the last quarter. With only five scorers all night, they produced a 20-4 run from 63-51 to 67-71. Fernandes da Conceicao was central in that surge, scoring 8 points in the run and finishing with 24, matching his season high. Zucca added 19 and Kemmer 18.
SPAC still found the last response. Andrade Alves hit the go-ahead 3-pointer for 70-71, and Danny Weiwers (Season PPG: 17.13) then scored the winning basket for 72-71. Sparta's scoring was well spread: Weiwers and Andrade Alves had 11 each, while Maxime Biname (Season PPG: 9.23), Christian Wolf (Season PPG: 6.93) and Strauch all finished with 10. After a long losing spell earlier in the season, SPAC now have 2 wins in their last 3 games.
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