Racing Luxembourg B edged Musel Pikes B, 56-54, in a tight M-U16 Division 6: Phase 2 contest in Stadtbredimus. The game swung repeatedly: Racing opened 2-10 with an 8-0 burst, but Musel answered with a 12-2 counter to close the first quarter ahead 14-12. Musel reached their biggest lead at 20-14, only for Racing to reply with a 7-0 run to 21-20 and carry a 27-30 advantage into halftime.
Musel surged again in the third, a 6-0 push turning 35-38 into 41-38, before the quarter ended 42-42. A major twist followed: Racing's captain Bartosz Olejnik (Season PPG: 13.50) was disqualified late in the third after two technical fouls in quick succession. In the fourth, Musel struck first (5-0 for 47-42), but Racing answered with an 8-0 run to 47-50. After Giorgio Gargani's lone Musel three tied it at 52-52 and Musel moved ahead 54-52, William Armand Jaud (15, FRA; Season PPG: 6.27) closed it with four straight points for Racing to win it.
Jaud was the difference with 22 points (9 twos, one three, one free throw), helped by Doruk Ege Kurtes (TUR; Season PPG: 4.89) and Paul Bruno Egret (Season PPG: 9.80) at 8 each, while Adam Leonard Thiault added 6. For Musel, captain Jason Kemmer (Season PPG: 13.93) poured in 29, including 12 two-point field goals and 5 free throws 53.7% of the team's total supported by Jean-Michel Huber (Season PPG: 5.60) with 8 and Mohamed Iyed Youssef Essid (Season PPG: 4.83) with 7. Both sides hit just one three (Gargani for Musel, Jaud for Racing), and Musel had the free-throw edge (7 made to 1).
Coach Dimitrios Minas' group snapped a five-game skid and climbs to 2nd (+2) at 2-1. Coach Daniel Fernandes Sousa's Musel Pikes B are 3rd at 1-2 and now on a two-game slide.
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