Third-placed T71 Dudelange B moved to 3-2 and extended its run to three straight wins with an 81-60 road result against sixth-placed Sparta Bertrange B, who remain 0-5. The gap on the final scoreboard was clear, but the game stayed open for a long stretch.
Sparta started well through 14-year-old Jack Canto (Season PPG: 11.00), who scored the first 4 home points for a 4-1 lead. T71B then produced the first major swing, an 11-0 run to 12-4, with Pol Guedes, Felix Schanen and Timo Ewerling setting the tone. Sparta answered and trimmed it to 10-16 after one quarter.
Andreas Mylonas' team came back strongly in the second. Filip Schumacher (Season PPG: 5.67) caught fire with back-to-back threes to tie the game at 18-18, and Sparta later went in front at 25-24 and 27-26. That was the closest the home side came to taking control. Ronny Schanen's team reacted with a 10-3 finish to the half for a 36-30 lead.
The decisive stretch came in the third quarter. Canto kept SPAB in touch and brought the score back to 41-47, but after that T71B changed pace again. The visitors closed the period with a 16-6 push and turned a close contest into a 63-47 advantage. From there, the lead kept growing and reached 21 points.
T71B had strong balance: Guedes (Season PPG: 13.13) led with 20, Schanen (Season PPG: 6.00) scored 13, Ewerling (Season PPG: 4.40) and Lee Weyland (Season PPG: 6.63) had 11 each, Daris Adrovic (Season PPG: 7.83) added 10, and Felix Trierweiler (Season PPG: 5.17) 7.
For Sparta, Canto finished with 22, Schumacher added 14, including 11 in the second quarter, and William Vasdo-Jensen (Season PPG: 5.40) contributed 10.
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