Racing Luxembourg won the M-Coupe des Jeunes final, 101-94 against Arantia Larochette, after building the game on a dominant first quarter. Coach Hristo Stoykov's team led 33-13 after 10 minutes, and the key stretch came from 15-13 to 33-13 with 18 unanswered points. That early margin gave Racing control.
Arantia reacted well in the second quarter. Mathis Dieterlen (17, 1.83m, FRA) carried the offense and helped cut the gap from 40-17 to 48-38 at halftime. Racing still had the higher rhythm, but Arantia had clearly changed the flow.
The third quarter was decisive. Arantia came back to 50-48, with Lee Brosius (17, 1.92m) and Dieterlen pushing hard, but Racing answered immediately. Stefan Stoykov (Season PPG: 20.20) stopped the run with a three, and from 63-60 Racing finished the quarter on a 19-6 burst to go up 82-66. That sequence, with outside scoring from Stoykov, Louis Cocard (17, 1.89m) and Oskar Berger (Season PPG: 12.00), restored a cushion Arantia could not fully erase.
Arantia won the last quarter 28-19 and kept pressure until the end, but Racing stayed in front in a close final phase. Stoykov led the winners with 34 points, Sarunas Sulcas (Season PPG: 19.40) added 26 before fouling out, Cocard scored 15 and Berger 12. Racing had four players in double figures and 87 of the team's 101 points came from that quartet.
For Arantia, Dieterlen finished with 37 and Brosius with 36 in a major offensive display, while Lars Bosdijk (16, 1.98m) added 11. Those three produced 84 of Arantia's 94 points. Late foul trouble mattered: Dieterlen, Bosdijk and Maximilien Nuss all fouled out for coach Karolis Abramavicius' side.
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