Racing Luxembourg C turned a balanced opening into a clear 91-57 road win over Sparta Bertrange B and moved up to 3rd place (+1), while Sparta stayed 8th. Tom Muller's team has now won five games in a row.
Sparta began well and led 8-4. Jules Beicht, the captain, gave them early interior points, and Nikolaos Laliotis (19, GRC) then scored eight straight Sparta points to keep it tight at 16-18. Racing still finished the first quarter in front, 24-18, and the game changed sharply in the second period. After Sparta got to 21-35, Racing produced an 11-0 run and dominated the quarter 25-5, taking a 49-23 lead into halftime.
Karl Abou Khalil's side reacted after the break. Laliotis hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter and finished with 19 points, while Pierre Rodrigues (SPAB) added 12 and Beicht (Season PPG: 10.08) also scored 12. But Sparta never got the gap under real pressure.
Mattia Coghetto (Season PPG: 12.07) was the major factor for Racing with 35 points, equal to his season high. Alexis Gumy (Season PPG: 10.17) added 17, Miguel Llevenes Martinez scored 14, and Edoardo Cappelli contributed 7. Racing led 73-42 after three quarters and pushed the margin to a game-high 34 by the end.
The season series between the two teams is now level at 1-1, after Sparta had won the first meeting 70-65 in December.
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