Sparta Bertrange won the M-Coupe Minis final 90-72 against T71 Dudelange after controlling most of the game flow. Coach Yann Ewert's team set the tone early with a 0-4 start, then answered well after T71 briefly moved ahead 6-4. The first quarter turned on Sparta's scoring burst: captain Petar Kulisic (Season PPG: 27.33) produced 10 Sparta points in a row, and Sparta closed the period up 27-18.
T71 responded better in the second quarter under coach Daniel Wolf. The home side cut the margin several times, first to 30-36 and then to 41-48 at halftime. Pol Guedes (Season PPG: 15.80) gave them steady production, Noah Baseggio (Season PPG: 13.00) was active around the basket, and Lorenzo Ethanaël Magoum (T71) added useful scoring punch.
The decisive stretch came in the third quarter. From 45-54, Sparta went on an 18-6 run to 51-72, which became the highest lead of the game at 21 points. Kulisic kept scoring inside and from the foul line, while Alexander Möller (13, SWE) provided strong support. Sparta won that quarter 24-10 and created a clear separation.
T71 still showed character in the fourth. They opened with five straight points to reduce the gap to 56-74 and later got as close as 67-79, but Sparta answered each push. Kulisic finished with 43 points, far above his already strong season average, Möller added 20, and Anton Mercier (13, FRA) had 9. For T71, Guedes scored 16, Magoum 14, Baseggio 13 and Ben Kloos (Season PPG: 15.20) 12.
One foul sequence stood out for T71: Tun Jungers committed two fouls in a row in the second quarter and two more in the third.
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