Basket Esch won a competitive road game at Sparta Bertrange, 72-64, and climbed to 1st place with a second straight victory. Sparta are still looking for their first win and now stand 3rd after two losses.
The game flow mattered. Esch took the first quarter 23-17 and created the first double-digit gap at 34-24 in the second period. Sparta answered well: an 8-0 run brought the home side back to 34-32, with 14-year-old captain Petar Kulisic (SPA) scoring 6 points in a row in that sequence. At halftime, Esch were only up 35-32.
Sparta even moved in front after the break. Anton Mercier (SPA) scored the first 4 points of the third quarter for 36-35, and Kulisic later tied it at 41-41 before Sparta went ahead 49-46. That was a key moment in a close game.
Basket Esch reacted quickly. From 49-52 to 53-66, the visitors produced the decisive 14-4 stretch, and their biggest lead reached 15 points at 72-57 before Sparta reduced the final margin.
Euricky Semedo da Veiga (LAL) led Esch with 23 points and 5 made three-pointers. Yann Conan (LAL) added 12, Jake Feller Birchen (LAL) scored 10, and Faisal Abdirizak Mohamed (LAL) plus Edmilson Miguel (LAL) had 8 each.
For Sparta, Kulisic (SPA) finished with 24 points, Mercier (SPA) had 12, Alexander Bel Möller (SPA) scored 10, and William Scarsbrook (SPA) added 8.
(AI generated)