BBC East Side Pirates won a close road game at Sparta Bertrange, 54-50, and moved up to 2nd place in W-U14 Division 2:Phase 1, a gain of three positions. Sparta slipped to 4th.
Sparta, coached by Laurent Cames, had the better start. Marie-Fleur Elisabeth Flechtner (SPA) scored 8 points in the first quarter and the home team led 14-8, then extended the margin to 17-8 early in the second period, their highest lead of the game. BEP gradually changed the momentum. After Sparta still led 21-16, the Pirates produced a 10-2 finish to the half, including 10 points in a row, to turn the score to 26-23.
The third quarter brought another swing. BEP went up 33-24, but Sparta answered with a 10-0 run to reclaim the lead at 34-33. Flechtner (SPA) and Camille Blau (SPA) were central in that sequence, and Sparta carried a 41-37 advantage into the last quarter.
The game turned again after Sparta reached 47-39. BBC East Side Pirates, under coach Billy Ray Mc Daniel Jr., answered with the decisive push. Julie Yvonne Léontine Ronck (BEP) drove that comeback and BEP scored 10 straight points to move from 39-47 to 49-47. From there, Emma Kasel (BEP), Naila McDaniel (BEP) and Ronck (BEP) completed the winning finish.
Ronck (BEP) led all scorers with 24 points, all from 2-point field goals. Kasel (BEP) added 13. For Sparta, Flechtner (SPA) scored 20, Blau (SPA) had 11, and Maya Gaudnek (SPA) finished with 8. Flechtner and Blau combined for 31 of Sparta's 50 points.
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