T71 Dudelange overturned the game after halftime and won 80-60 at Racing Luxembourg, a strong away result against the team ranked second before tip-off. Racing stayed second after the round, while T71 moved up one place to third. The season head-to-head is now 1-1 after Racing had won the first meeting 93-59.
Racing, coached by Uros Niksic, controlled the first half. They led 20-12 after the opening quarter and kept the initiative at 39-29 at the break. Sarunas Sulcas (Season PPG: 9.57), the 17-year-old Lithuanian, and 19-year-old Italian guard Angelo Caruso (Season PPG: 19.92) were the main engines, with Leo Backes (Season PPG: 8.25) adding a timely three late in the half.
The turning point came in the third quarter. Racing still led 43-34 after back-to-back Caruso baskets, but Laurent Schmitz's team completely changed the rhythm. T71 first erased the gap, then from 43-43 produced 14 unanswered points on the way to a 31-8 quarter. That stretch decided the game and gave the visitors a 60-47 lead entering the last period.
Uros Malesevic (Season PPG: 21.45) was again the reference point for T71 with 21 points, despite an earlier U2 foul in the second quarter. Fabian Agbodenou (Season PPG: 13.50) added 17 and hit three triples, while Nils Schroeder (Season PPG: 15.08) contributed 16 and several key baskets during the run. Lenn Dondelinger added 10.
For Racing, Sulcas and Caruso both finished with 20 points, but no other home player reached double figures. T71 kept control in the fourth quarter and stretched the margin to its highest level, 20 points, by the final score.
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