Racing Luxembourg C controlled Black Star Mersch B 65-50 in Mersch, turning a tight first half into a comfortable win with a dominant third quarter. Black Star started better (15-12) and still led 28-27 before halftime swung to Racing, 30-28. After the break, Tom Muller's team opened the third with a 6-0 run (28-36) and later strung together a decisive 10-0 burst to 36-53, powered by back-to-back threes from Harri Tapani Hämäläinen (47, FIN). Racing's highest lead reached +18 (47-65).
Hämäläinen hit four triples for 12 points, while Miguel Llevenes Martinez added 10, including a pair of threes. Drini Manjani (Season PPG: 12.64) also scored 10 and drew a technical in the third. Alexis Gumy chipped in 9, and Mattia Coghetto (Season PPG: 10.08) had 6. Edoardo Cappelli fouled out in the fourth after picking up two quick infractions; Guido Mori collected two early P2 fouls in the first, and Dimitry Tozik amassed several P2 fouls across Q1-Q2.
For Black Star, Charel Weis (Season PPG: 10.73) led with 13, including three triples. Pierre Hoffmann (43, 2.01m) scored 10 inside, and Pol Rodesch (Season PPG: 16.23) had 10 before fouling out in the fourth, a blow to Lisa Hilges's side. Jo Philipps added 8. Black Star actually earned more at the stripe (10 points) than Racing (3), but Racing's perimeter edge (six threes to four) and the 23-10 third quarter were decisive.
Racing completes a 2-0 sweep of the season series (73-61, 65-50), climbs to 3rd in the classification (+1), and snaps a mini skid after two losses. Black Star remain 12th at 0-15, now on a 15-game losing run.
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