Sparta Bertrange B started the sharper and led 17-13 after the first quarter. Coach Christophe Dubois' side built a 15-4 advantage behind Thomas Boccara (Season PPG: 12.23) and Konstantinos Laliotis (Season PPG: 12.50), but GREB closed the period on a 9-2 run to stay in contact.
The game turned completely in the second quarter. Gréngewald Hueschtert B opened the period with an 11-0 run, flipping 13-17 into 24-17, and then kept control for a dominant 23-5 quarter and a 36-22 halftime lead. That stretch decided the rhythm of the game.
Sparta tried to respond after the break and cut the margin to 36-27, yet GREB answered each push. Harik Avanesov (Season PPG: 8.85), the 16-year-old Ukrainian guard, was the main difference: 27 points, with 5 made 3-pointers, including 7 points in a row during the third quarter as GREB pulled away again. Pol Elcheroth (Season PPG: 8.89) added 19, while Felix Penning (Season PPG: 10.86) and James Olav Glorvigen (Season PPG: 6.56) scored 10 each; Glorvigen did it despite reaching 4 fouls by the third period.
Early in the fourth, GREB produced another 9-0 burst to move from 59-37 to 68-37. The biggest lead reached 31 points. For Sparta, Laliotis finished with 20 points and 4 made 3-pointers, and captain Boccara scored 18, though both he and GREB's Glorvigen spent long stretches in foul trouble.
It was the third meeting of the season between the teams, and GREB have now won both Phase finale matchups. In the new standings, GREB climb one place to 2nd, while SPAB drop one spot to 3rd.
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