Mambra Mamer B, first in the standings, confirmed its control of this M-Division 2 game with a 79-62 home win over ninth-placed Sparta Bertrange C, and completed the season sweep after the 64-49 away success in the first meeting. For Pierre Flavien Hebbert's team, it was also a fifth straight win.
The game was not decided immediately. Sparta stayed level at 6-6 in the opening minutes, with Christian Wolf (Season PPG: 7.25) and Florian Loic Strauch (Season PPG: 9.50) answering early. Mamer then settled better, closed the first quarter 23-17, and created the real separation in the second period. A 6-0 start to the quarter, with Scharel Geimer (Season PPG: 14.94) scoring repeatedly inside, pushed the lead to 29-17.
The key stretch came before half-time. The 29-year-old Belgian Xavier Arnaud Loizeau (Season PPG: 10.44) hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter and Dave Rischette (Season PPG: 9.05) added two more, helping Mamer reach 50-33 at the break. Mamer finished with 10 made 3-pointers against only 3 for Sparta, a major difference in the flow of the game.
Sparta reacted after the interval and slightly edged the third quarter 18-17, mainly through Danny Weiwers (Season PPG: 17.38), who carried the offense with 21 points. But every time Sparta tried to build momentum, Mamer answered through Loizeau, Geimer or Christophe Ney (Season PPG: 11.47). The home side's highest lead reached 20 points, first at 50-30 and again later in the fourth quarter.
Loizeau led Mamer with 22 points, Geimer added 18, Rischette scored 17 with five 3-pointers, and Ney contributed 13. For Sparta, Weiwers had 21, Strauch 13 and Wolf 12. Sparta nevertheless moved up two places in the classification despite the defeat.
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