Racing Luxembourg B won 85-54 in Bettborn and climbed one place to 3rd in M-U16 Division 6: Phase finale. Rebound Préizerdaul also moved up one spot, to 4th.
The game was competitive for most of the first half. Coach Jérôme Lefevre's side started well and led 11-7, driven by Bryan Da Mota Pereira (Season PPG: 6.55). Racing answered with a 9-4 finish to the opening quarter to edge in front 16-15. In the second period, PRE briefly went back ahead at 19-17, but that was the key turning point: Racing produced a 10-0 run to 27-19 and went into halftime with a 35-27 lead.
The decisive break came in the third quarter. Da Mota Pereira, a 15-year-old French player, kept PRE in the game and finished with a season-high 30 points, representing 55.6% of his team's scoring. But coach Uros Niksic's team had far more scoring depth. Doruk Ege Kurtes (Season PPG: 8.74), a 14-year-old Turkish player, caught fire after the interval and scored 13 points in the third quarter alone. Racing turned 35-29 into 53-35, then closed the period at 63-42.
The fourth quarter started with another RACB push, this time an 8-0 run to 71-42, and the gap later reached 33 points. Kurtes led Racing with a season-high 26 points. Bartosz Jan Olejnik (Season PPG: 11.68) added 16, while Luigi Trapani (Season PPG: 2.40) and William Armand Jaud (Season PPG: 7.75) both scored 10. For PRE, Hanan Ahmic (Season PPG: 12.08) added 10 and Leandro Santos Duarte (Season PPG: 5.71) had 8.
It was Racing B's second normal win over Préizerdaul in the phase finale after the 70-50 result in January.
(AI generated)