Racing Luxembourg controlled this M-U18 Division 1 final-phase return game and beat Etzella Ettelbruck 109-77, for a third win over ETZ this season. Coach Hristo Stoykov's team built the margin in clear waves. After Lenny Lopes Morais opened with a three, RAC answered with a 9-0 run, and later turned a narrow 10-9 edge into 29-12 with a strong 19-3 sequence before closing the first quarter 29-15.
Nelson Delgado's side reacted well in the second period. Etzella reduced the gap from 34-17 to 34-23, and later from 45-25 to 47-37, with Lopes Morais and Marvin Delgado dos Santos carrying most of the offense. Even so, Racing kept enough control to reach halftime up 52-39.
The decisive moment came just after the break. Racing opened the third quarter with a 12-3 push to 64-42, then kept scoring at pace to enter the last period at 81-57. Etzella briefly cut it to 83-64, but RAC answered immediately with an 18-2 run for 101-66. The highest lead went to 35 points at 109-74.
Louis Cocard (Season PPG: 14.53) led Racing with 26 points and 8 made threes. Stefan Stoykov (17, BGR; Season PPG: 22.00) added 21, while Sarunas Sulcas (17, LTU; Season PPG: 15.36) had 18. Yair Portal Levav (Season PPG: 9.81) scored 13, including a productive fourth quarter.
For Etzella, Lopes Morais (Season PPG: 18.29) finished with 25 points, and Delgado dos Santos (Season PPG: 24.13) added 21. Giovanni Palermo Cardoso contributed 9 points, all from long range. Racing now have four wins in a row, while Etzella's three-game winning streak ended here.
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