Leaders T71 Dudelange controlled most of this M-U18 Division 1 game and won 102-70 away at second-placed Racing Luxembourg. Mike Smith's team moved to 2-0, while Racing is now 1-1.
Racing began well and led 10-8, but the first major turn came in the opening quarter when T71 put together a 10-0 run to break the game open. Tim Wagner (T71) was on a roll in that stretch, scoring 8 points in a row, including back-to-back threes, and T71 closed the first period with a strong 34-20 advantage.
Hristo Stoykov's side answered well in the second quarter. Racing cut the gap from 22-38 to 39-46 at halftime, with Yair Portal Levav (16, 1.89m) leading the response and Simon Derwael-Thomsin (RAC) adding important scoring. That was Racing's best phase of the evening.
The game shifted again after the break. Daris Honsic (17, 1.83m) gave T71 control with efficient scoring in the third quarter, and Tom Kloos (17, 1.87m) kept pressure on the home defense. T71 won that period 25-13 and rebuilt a solid cushion at 71-52.
In the last quarter, T71 finished the job emphatically. Kloos opened with a three, Honsic kept producing at the line and near the basket, and Wagner added more late points as the lead grew to 32, the game's highest margin.
T71 had four players in double figures: Honsic 30, Kloos 23, Tunn Wirion (T71) 18 and Wagner 18. Racing's main scorers were Portal Levav with 22, Derwael-Thomsin with 17 and Jorge Leocadio Botelho (RAC) with 11.
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