AS Soleuvre controlled the return game against Sparta Bertrange B and completed a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 69-65 away win in Phase 1. Hervé Marie-Rose's team also reacted well after two losses in a row.
The game started better for Sparta. Behind Thomas Boccara (Season PPG: 11.75) and Konstantinos Laliotis (Season PPG: 12.20), the visitors moved in front 12-3. Soleuvre changed the rhythm quickly: Lex Lahure (Season PPG: 16.88) brought stability, and the home side closed the first quarter with an 8-0 run to turn 16-18 into 24-18.
That momentum continued in the second period. Soleuvre stretched the gap to 32-19 and later 43-29, with Jean-Marc Juchem (Season PPG: 3.80) giving efficient support and Malik Bah (Season PPG: 12.65) adding steady scoring. Sparta reduced the damage to 43-32 at halftime, mainly through Laliotis and Giulio Sartorati (Season PPG: 4.13).
The key stretch came after the break. Sparta cut to 43-34, but Soleuvre answered with 8 straight points for 51-34. Diego Fine, the 17-year-old French player, was decisive there and finished with 17 points, including four 3-pointers. Lahure also scored 17, Bah had 13, Juchem 12 and Rafael Aguiar Sousa (Season PPG: 7.31) added 10.
Sparta stayed within reach at times, but foul trouble weighed on Christophe Dubois' side. Aurélien Nils Vernaison (Season PPG: 8.60) and captain Jazz Pelkes (Season PPG: 8.74) both fouled out in the second half. Soleuvre's lead reached 20 points at 79-59 before the final score settled at 79-61.
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