Gréngewald Hueschtert took an important 81-62 home win over Racing Luxembourg B and climbed two places into 1st in M-U18 Division 3: Phase finale, now on 10 classification points from six games, one point ahead of RACB. It also levelled the season head-to-head after Racing had won the first meeting 70-59. GRE are now on a 3-game winning run.
Nicolas Parrish's team imposed itself early. GRE opened with 9 points in a row for 9-0, then built a 12-2 start and led 25-14 after the first quarter. The second period created the real separation: GRE pushed the margin to 40-20 and later to 46-22, which matched their highest lead of the game at 24. Racing responded with a 7-0 spell before halftime, but the home side still had control at 46-29.
The third quarter confirmed the trend. GRE stretched the score again to 60-36 and went into the last period up 64-42. Racing won the fourth quarter 20-17, but the deficit never fell below 17 late on.
Egidijus Jarukaitis (17, LTU, Season PPG: 11.88) led GRE with 23 points, right on his season high. Santiago Capozucca (17, ITA, Season PPG: 11.83) added 16, while Felix Penning (Season PPG: 11.44) and captain Raik Steyer (Season PPG: 11.57) both scored 13. Steyer's back-to-back baskets in the second quarter were part of the key break.
For Racing, Pete Rajniak (Season PPG: 14.00) was the main scorer with 21 points, including 3 made three-pointers. John Berhane Litt added 13 and Jonathan Martin J. Droste contributed 9. RACB also had Jules Ollivier in foul trouble from the first quarter, with three fouls already by the third period before he later fouled out.
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