The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans could not overcome a strong performance by Little Chute’s Grant Hermus, falling to the Mustangs 55-42 in NEC action Tuesday night in Luxemburg.

Hermus poured in 17 points and Charlie VandenBurgt added 10 more as the Mustangs pulled away in the second half to prevail after leading 26-21 at half.

Josh Parins led the Spartans in scoring with ten points and JD Glampe added eight points and Lance Cherovsky had seven.

The Spartans (2-5, 2-7 overall) will now have a week off before playing host to Waupaca next Tuesday.