Racing Luxembourg, 4th in the standings, beat 11th-placed BC Mess 73-57 and completed the season sweep after the earlier 52-36 away win. Racing extended its current run to five straight wins, while Mess stayed in a four-game losing stretch.
The game was not one-sided from the start. Racing opened the first real gap in the first quarter, moving from 4-4 to 14-6 behind Jil Mathis (Season PPG: 9.65), Estelle Sand (Season PPG: 13.06) and Jil Schmit (Season PPG: 9.95). That gave Laura Maas' team a 23-16 lead after 10 minutes.
Mess reacted well in the second quarter. From 27-20 down, the visitors produced an 8-0 run and briefly led 28-27, with Mara Thein (Season PPG: 4.11) hitting back-to-back threes. Racing answered that key moment calmly, finishing the half on a 13-5 stretch to lead 40-33.
The third quarter brought another Mess push. Noémie Schammo (Season PPG: 9.78) cut the gap to 42-41, but Racing responded immediately after the timeout and rebuilt control. Schmit and Sand were central in that sequence, and the home side entered the last quarter up 53-45.
The decisive break came early in the fourth. Racing scored 7 points in a row for 60-45. Mess still trimmed the margin to 62-55, but Juliana De Sousa Coelho (29, PRT, Season PPG: 10.47) hit an important three, and Olivia Hoffmann (1.85m, Season PPG: 9.79) closed the game strongly with Racing's last 8 points in a row.
Racing had balanced production: Schmit 17, Sand 14, Hoffmann 14, Mathis 12. For Mess, Schammo scored 17 and Thein 14, with Hannah Pauly (Season PPG: 10.70) and Lynn Thilges (Season PPG: 13.32) adding 8 each.
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