Sparta Bertrange C took a 62-32 road win over Kordall Steelers in the return game of the M-U18 Division 5 final phase. The game was still open at half-time, with Sparta leading only 24-20, before the visitors created real separation after the break.
Sparta started better, with Konstantinos Laliotis (Season PPG: 12.67) scoring the first 4 points of the game. Kordall answered through Kevin Heusbourg (14) and Mickael Pereira Briga (Season PPG: 9.11), and after the first quarter the gap was still manageable at 15-8. Kordall then had its best spell in the second period, winning it 12-9 and staying close at 20-24.
The key stretch came just after the interval. Mahé Schmitz (Season PPG: 4.00) opened the third quarter with a 3-pointer to cut it to 23-24, but Sparta reacted immediately. Coach Frédéric François Agelan's team produced a 14-2 run to move from a one-point lead to 38-25, with Laliotis scoring 7 points in that sequence. From there, the visitors controlled the rhythm.
The last quarter was one-sided at 24-7 for Sparta. Jazz Pelkes (Season PPG: 9.00) and Andrew Blanchard (15, USA) kept extending the lead, and the margin reached 30 points at the end. Sparta also finished the game with a fourth-quarter disqualification for Zachary Kayne Mollineri (Season PPG: 0.80).
Laliotis led Sparta with 17 points, Pelkes added 14, Blanchard scored 12 in only his second game in the competition, and Mathieu Meurs (Season PPG: 2.95) contributed 10. For Kordall, Pereira Briga had 11 points, Maylon Ramos Monteiro (Season PPG: 6.00) scored 8, and Schmitz added 6.
In the standings, Sparta moved up one place to 5th and ended a three-game losing streak. Kordall, despite the defeat, also gained one place and is now 8th.
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