Gréngewald Hueschtert won a game that stayed open for three quarters, beating Racing Luxembourg 91-77 after trailing 34-23 at the end of the first period.
Racing, coached by Uros Niksic, started sharply. Angelo Caruso (Season PPG: 17.20) set the tone immediately and led his team to a first-quarter high of 13 points, with Racing also up 36-23 early in the second. Leo Backes (RAC) and Yair Portal Levav (RAC) gave useful support, while Noah Kraama (Season PPG: 7.60) added timely scoring.
Gréngewald, under coach Yannick Julien, changed the rhythm in the second quarter. Sam Urwald (GRE) was important in that stretch, and Jules Reuter (Season PPG: 7.23) kept building pressure at the line and in the half court. The home side erased the 13-point gap, tied the game at 42-42 and briefly moved ahead, but Caruso answered again and Racing still led 52-47 at halftime.
The third quarter brought the real turning point in balance. Reuter scored repeatedly, Luca Pividor (Season PPG: 10.20) hit a key three to make it 59-59, and Gréngewald gradually took control of the tempo. After 69-68 going into the last quarter, the game was still fully in play.
The decisive sequence came at 70-70. Gréngewald produced a 9-0 run to 79-70, then extended it to 83-71. Pividor scored 5 points in a row during that surge, and Reuter continued his outstanding night. He finished with 41 points, a clear high, while Urwald added 22, Pividor 12 and Mika Demuth (Season PPG: 13.20) 9. For Racing, Caruso, a 20-year-old 1.87m guard, carried the offense with 34 points.
In the standings, Racing moved up to 4th despite the loss, while Gréngewald also gained one place and is now 6th.
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Gréngewald Hueschtert