Second-placed Sparta Bertrange handled seventh-placed Les Sangliers Wooltz 81-51 and completed a third win in three meetings this season.
Mike Feyder's team broke the game open very early. Wooltz briefly led 4-2, and the score was still 7-4 after the first Mosgrove basket and free throw, but Sparta answered with 14 straight points. Adryana Michelle Quezada (Season PPG: 20.86) scored 8 points in that sequence, and Jordan Alexis King (Season PPG: 20.21) was already in rhythm from outside. Sparta then closed the first quarter on a 6-0 run for 24-13.
Wooltz reacted to 17-26 early in the second period, but that was the last moment within single digits. Sparta immediately imposed another decisive stretch, a 22-5 run to halftime, with King repeatedly finishing possessions and adding more 3-pointers. At 22-48, the visitors had full control. They extended again after the break with a 7-0 start and reached a highest lead of 33 points at 66-33 early in the fourth quarter.
King was the clear headliner with 29 points and six 3-pointers. Quezada added 13, while Lena Mersch (Season PPG: 9.56) had 7, Bridget Yoerger (Season PPG: 7.20) 6, and Chiara Sahaia Rasolofo (Season PPG: 1.27) gave useful spacing with two 3s.
For Wooltz, the 37-year-old 1.86m USA forward/center Cerie Alissa Mosgrove (Season PPG: 14.09) carried the offense with 20 points. Emma Marie Broermann (Season PPG: 9.07) added 10, and Lena Hodzic (Season PPG: 2.00) matched her season high with 8. Amra Hasanovic (Season PPG: 12.06) scored 7 but spent much of the night in foul trouble and fouled out late. Wooltz did show a better final phase, trimming 33-66 to 49-73 before Sparta settled the last minutes. SAN are now on an eight-game losing streak.
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