AB Contern B controlled this M-Division 1 return game and beat Racing Luxembourg B 81-59, after already winning the first meeting 77-67. With this result, CONB moves up one place to 1st at 17-2, while RACB stays 4th at 13-6. Contern is now on a nine-game winning streak, while Racing's six-game winning run ends.
The home side set the tone quickly. After an early 8-7 score, Contern closed the first quarter with a strong 20-8 phase to lead 28-15. Yann Besch (Season PPG: 16.44) and René Wolzfeld (Season PPG: 11.88) gave immediate scoring from the perimeter, and Jeffrey Nicolas Jamal Schumacher (Season PPG: 15.40) established the inside game.
Racing reacted well in the second quarter. Yves Le Sayec (Season PPG: 12.20) remained their main offensive threat and Xavier Engel (Season PPG: 16.65) helped reduce a 19-point deficit to 13 by halftime, 47-34. Still, Contern kept enough control to avoid a real swing.
The decisive phase came in the third quarter. Besch produced the sharpest scoring burst of the night with 8 consecutive Contern points, pushing the score from 51-41 to 59-41. Schumacher then carried the margin to 63-46 at the end of the period.
Racing got as close as 73-59 in the last quarter, but Contern answered with the final 8 points of the game. Besch finished with 21 points, Schumacher added 17, Ben Goergen scored 14 and Wolzfeld 12. For Racing, Le Sayec had 14 and Engel 10, while Jussi Matti Jaatinen (34, FIN) brought 8 points. The final minutes also included a disqualifying foul against Wander Nicolas Silvestre Marquez after his second unsportsmanlike foul.
(AI generated)