Sparta Bertrange B controlled this M-U18 Division 3 game from the opening minutes and beat BC Mess 121-39, ending a four-game losing streak while staying 5th in the standings. BC Mess remain 6th and have now lost five in a row.
The game was already heavily tilted in the first quarter. Sparta opened on a 15-0 run, with Pierre Rodrigues (SPAB) and Martin Cezard Mangel (SPAB) driving the early scoring. Mess did not score until Raphaël Alves Nunes made it 15-2. At the end of the first period, Sparta led 28-6.
The second quarter confirmed the pattern. Sparta stretched the lead to 52-7 before Gabriel da Fonseca Rocha (MES) gave Mess a short response with 5 points in a row. Even then, Christophe Dubois' team kept scoring at a high pace and reached halftime up 60-15.
The third quarter was another decisive stretch. Rodrigues (SPAB) put together a 6-0 personal run, and Hanad Abdi Ege (Season PPG: 4.75) added a strong scoring burst as the gap moved from +45 to +71. Sparta won the period 33-7 and entered the last quarter ahead 93-22.
Mess were more productive offensively in the fourth, scoring 17 points, mainly through Alves Nunes (MES) and da Fonseca Rocha (MES), but Sparta still won the quarter and pushed the highest lead to 82 points at 121-39.
Rodrigues (SPAB) finished with 29 points, Mangel (SPAB) had 24, Abdi Ege 19, 16-year-old Samuel Amor (SPAB) scored 18, and Giacomo Bernardo Spreafico (SPAB) added 12. For Mess, da Fonseca Rocha (MES) led with 18, Alves Nunes (MES) had 9, and Ben Schramer (Season PPG: 3.40) scored 6.
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