Racing Luxembourg B controlled AS Soleuvre B 85-52 in the M-U14 Division 5 Phase finale (round-robin, game 1) at tramsschap/central, building a lead early and never letting go. Captain Raphaël Massard set the tone with back-to-back threes for an 8-0 start, and RACB closed the first quarter up 22-10 behind steady inside finishing.
Soleuvre briefly stirred at the start of Q2 through Daris Visnjic's three, but Christian Frick's team answered with a 16-4 surge to halftime (44-23), fuelled by free throws from Henrik Alfred Piirsalu (12, FIN) and a string of close-range baskets from Nicolas Breistroff. Michel Dias Gonçalves used an early timeout, yet RACB's rhythm was established.
Q3 saw Timofei Plechko and Levi Baldé extend the gap to 60-36 after 30 minutes. Piirsalu picked up two P2 fouls in quick succession but still chipped in important points. Soleuvre's best spell came in Q4 with a 6-0 run Prasan Prabhu Sankar scoring four in a row to get within 66-46, before Jean Georges Pongas drilled a three and RACB closed on a 17-4 finish. The highest lead was the final +33.
Numbers underline RACB's control inside: 33 two-pointers, 4 threes and 7 made free throws, against SOLB's 23 twos, 1 three and 3 free throws.
Top performers RACB: Nicolas Breistroff (30; Season PPG: 8.89) dominated the paint with 15 made twos; Levi Baldé (13; Season PPG: 6.90), Timofei Plechko (10; Season PPG: 7.33), Henryk Alfred Piirsalu (10; Season PPG: 11.67) and Raphaël Massard (11; Season PPG: 7.67) with three triples. Top performers SOLB: Moreno Tomasini (14; Season PPG: 12.88), Louis-Moris Guy Melsen (10; Season PPG: 4.88), Sam Omes (9; Season PPG: 15.13), Amil Suleyman Adrovic (6) and Daris Visnjic (5).
RACB start the Phase finale 1-0 and lead the classification; SOLB drop to 0-1, second.
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