Phase finale leaders Musel Pikes B controlled this return game after a competitive first quarter and won clearly at Racing Luxembourg, 116-48. Racing, ranked 4th, stayed in touch early at 15-17 after 10 minutes, but Idris Abderrahmane Kader's team changed the pace in the second period. After Racing briefly moved ahead 18-17, Musel answered with a 14-0 run to 22-38, then finished the half on another strong push for a 50-26 lead.
The game opened fully in the third quarter. Musel stretched the margin from 26-52 to 26-64 with 12 unanswered points and never let Racing settle. The start of the fourth was even more decisive: Musel scored 22 points in a row from 81-36 to 103-36, the key sequence of the night. The final margin, 68 points, was also the highest lead.
Charlotte Schmitz (Season PPG: 7.46) led Musel with 30 points, well above her average. Lena Mischo, only 13, added 23 points after already reaching that mark as her season high, and captain Zoé Schmit (Season PPG: 6.37) produced 20, including a third-quarter three-point play sequence. Chiara Bidoli (Season PPG: 4.48) scored 11, while the bench kept the pressure with Lisi Reitz (Season PPG: 2.42), Fatoumata Sony Dia Balde (Season PPG: 3.13) and Chloé Anne-Laure Siebenaler (MUSB).
For Racing, 15-year-old Latvian Emma Peccati (Season PPG: 13.15) was again the main scorer with 18 points. Bella Kraama (Season PPG: 3.14) finished with 10 and Kotryna Pakstyte (Season PPG: 3.09) added 8. Racing's rotation became harder to manage when Julie Obertin and Lida Bonarou both fouled out. Musel now stand first at 7-0 and extended their winning streak to eight games.
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