Musel Pikes took a one-sided 114-20 home win over Sparta Bertrange C in M-U14 Division 3 Phase 1 and moved to 1st place after a gain of one position. It was Musel's second win in two games, while Sparta Bertrange C dropped to 0-2, despite rising to 3rd in the updated table.
The game was decided very early. Musel opened 6-0, then quickly stretched the margin through repeated inside scoring. After Sparta's first basket for 14-2, the home side kept accelerating and closed the first quarter at 41-5. Lex Flies (MUS) set the tone immediately and later put together 12 consecutive points in the same quarter.
Coach Alexandre Frieden's team never let the pace drop. In the second period, Sparta had a brief answer through Abir Ghiya (SPAC) and Thomas Papandritsas (SPAC), but Musel answered with a 16-0 run to turn 47-10 into 63-10 by halftime.
The clearest decisive stretch came after the break. Sparta scored first in the third quarter through Pavlos Zioulas (SPAC), but Musel then produced a 30-0 quarter run from 63-12 to 93-12. Flies was again the main force in that sequence, scoring 24 of those 30 points. The highest lead reached 94 points at the end.
Flies finished with an exceptional 66 points, all on two-point baskets. He had strong support from Jean Henri Fischer (MUS), who added 16 points with two made 3-pointers, and Dimitri Anagnostaras (MUS), also on 16. Mathéo Da Costa Ludwig (MUS) and Nate Schreiber (MUS) both scored 6, while Haoxuan Xu (MUS) added 4.
For Sparta, Simeon Dimitrov (12, 1.83m) led with 6 points and two 3-pointers. Ghiya added 4, including Sparta's only free throw, and Zioulas contributed 4.
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