BBC East Side Pirates controlled Sparta Bertrange 55-30 in the W-U14 Division 1 Phase 2 championship round, extending Sparta's difficult run (now 0-5) and moving the Pirates up to 4th place (+1). The visitors set the tone early with an 8-2 start and led 12-9 after the first quarter despite a late burst from Sparta's captain Anaé Sacaze, who scored her team's final six points of the period.
Sparta briefly closed to 11-12, but BEP replied with an 8-0 run in the second quarter, then Emma Kasel added to the cushion before Sacaze trimmed it to 15-24 at halftime. The third quarter proved decisive: the Pirates produced a 19-8 surge, driven by Louisa Schmit and Aurélie Biver, to take a 43-25 advantage into the final period. The fourth opened with 12 unanswered points Nelly Ney hit two baskets in a row and Kasel followed with three straight pushing the lead to a game-high 30 (55-25) before Sparta scored the last five.
Top performers
- Pirates: 13-year-old Louisa Schmit (Season PPG: 21.22) led with 21 points, built on 10 two-point field goals and a free throw. Kasel (Season PPG: 5.44) added 10, Biver (Season PPG: 5.92) 8, and captain Ney chipped in 6.
- Sparta: Sacaze (Season PPG: 17.88) matched the game-high with 21 points (10 two-pointers, 1 FT). Support came from Stéphanie Stoeva (Season PPG: 6.75) and Maya Gaudnek (Season PPG: 4.50) with 4 each, and Eshetha Thokala added a free throw.
No three-pointers were made by either team; only two free throws dropped in the entire game. Under coach Tania Mehlen, BEP bounced back after two losses and confirmed their edge over Sparta following the narrow 59-57 win in Phase 1. Coach Laurent Cames' Sparta remains 6th.
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