Second-ranked Sparta Bertrange controlled this W-U14 Division 2 Phase finale game at Steinsel and won 59-24 against sixth-ranked Amicale Steesel. It was also Sparta's second win over AMI in this phase after the 76-19 result in the first meeting.
The start was competitive. Amicale, coached by Alexandra Lamesch, stayed level at 2-2 and 4-4, then moved in front 8-6 through Liz Adam (Season PPG: 5.00) and captain Ella Medernach (Season PPG: 3.00). That was the key moment of balance. Coach Laurent Cames's Sparta side answered with an 8-0 run to close the first quarter at 14-8, with Anaé Sacaze (Season PPG: 23.87) already setting the tone.
The second quarter created the real separation. Sacaze scored Sparta's first 8 points of the period, and the visitors turned 14-8 into 22-8 before Eva Silva Dinis (Season PPG: 3.60) stopped the run. Sparta still won the quarter 12-2 and reached halftime up 26-10.
Amicale had its best offensive spell after the break. Leandra Pires de Sousa, the 13-year-old Portuguese scorer (Season PPG: 6.21), produced 4 points in a row to cut the gap from 30-10 to 30-14. She finished with 10 points, team-high for AMI. Sparta stayed composed: Sacaze added a strong sequence from the line and inside, then Marie-Fleur Flechtner (Season PPG: 10.00) scored 6 straight points late in the third quarter to push the margin to 47-18.
Sacaze finished with 25 points, clearly the main difference-maker, while Flechtner added 10, Maya Gaudnek (Season PPG: 4.71) 8 and Eshetha Thokala (Season PPG: 3.88) 8. For Amicale, Adam scored 6, while Silva Dinis and Medernach had 4 each.
Late in the game, Mia Würth collected three fourth-quarter fouls in quick succession, and Pires de Sousa also played through foul trouble. Sparta's largest lead reached 35 points at 59-24. The result leaves Sparta in 2nd place, while AMI remain 6th and are on a five-game losing run.
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