North Fox won a game that stayed balanced for a long stretch before turning in the second half. Racing Luxembourg B started better and went up 7-0, then kept control of the first quarter at 18-13. The home side still had the edge at the break, 34-29, with Alkis Chatzis (Season PPG: 9.18) scoring Racing's last 10 points of the half.
The key change came after halftime. Fox opened the third quarter with an 8-0 burst to move from 29-34 to 37-34, extending a run of 11 straight points across the break. Racing answered well: after coach Nicolae Predescu's timeout at 34-37, RACB produced a strong 17-6 stretch to lead 51-43. Raul Calderon Ramos (Season PPG: 7.26) and Chatzis were central in that phase, while Auguste Jean Marcou (RACB) hit two important three-pointers to bring the score to 59-59 later in the quarter.
From 51-43, however, the momentum changed completely. North Fox closed the third period on a 28-11 run to reach 71-62. Dzenan Muratovic (Season PPG: 22.10) led that surge with 24 points overall, while Fynn Schlechter (Season PPG: 9.50) added 17 and Marvin Carvalho (Season PPG: 11.36), the 1.91m forward, finished with 18. Robert Kremer (Season PPG: 8.83) was also important with 13, including 5 straight points early in the fourth quarter as Fox pushed the gap to its biggest margin, 78-64.
For Racing, Chatzis was the main scorer with 26, Calderon Ramos added 13, and Jules Ollivier (Season PPG: 6.40) gave 7. Luca Schmit picked up two fouls in the second quarter and eventually fouled out in the fourth.
North Fox moved up one place to 4th in the classification and now have three wins in a row. Racing Luxembourg B stayed 6th and are on a five-game losing streak.
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