T71 Dudelange controlled Racing Luxembourg from the opening tip and won 88-65 in the M-U14 Division 1 Phase 2 round-robin at Grimler (terrain 2). Under coach Alain Schaeffer, T71 blitzed the first quarter 33-13, building separation with a 7-0 burst to 21-8 and a 10-2 close to the period. Ben Kloos and Pol Guedes set the tone early, even as Guedes picked up two quick fouls in the first.
Christian Nittler's RAC responded in the second with a 6-0 run (two baskets by Elhadj Ibrahima Diallo and one by Alejandro Cuesta Jaramillo) to 36-21, but T71's rotation Ben Stork and Ivan Barbic inside, and Noah Baseggio with a timely three re-established control for a 53-31 halftime lead. Diallo (13 years, PRT) opened the third quarter with five points in a row to trim the gap to 57-36, only for Kloos to answer with back-to-back scores as T71 managed the margin through 72-52 after three. The hosts stretched their largest lead to +30 at 88-58 in the fourth before settling on the final score.
For T71, Kloos led with 23 points (Season PPG: 13.22), Baseggio added 15 (Season PPG: 14.13), Finn Crelot 12 (Season PPG: 7.56) and Guedes 12 (Season PPG: 10.78) despite navigating four fouls. Stork and Barbic chipped in 9 each. For RAC, Diallo poured in 22 (Season PPG: 25.43) and kept his side afloat in the third, with Roby Sahr at 12 (Season PPG: 10.33) and support from Gabriel Guillen (7; Season PPG: 4.60) and Cuesta Jaramillo (13 years, ESP) with 7 (Season PPG: 17.43).
T71 confirms their Phase 1 win (83-48) against the same opponent and moves to 4th in Phase 2 (2-2), while RAC sits 5th (1-3) and is on a three-game losing slide.
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