US Heffingen, now 4th after gaining one place, beat Racing Luxembourg 55-38 in Heffingen and moved ahead of RAC, now 5th. It was the third meeting between the teams this season, with Heffingen taking the season series 2-1.
The game stayed controlled rather than explosive early. Racing led 2-0 through Emma Peccati (Season PPG: 13.64), but Heffingen quickly answered and built a 14-9 first-quarter edge. A key moment of that opening period was Racing's Lida Bonarou (Season PPG: 2.50) committing three fouls in the same quarter, including two in a row. Josephine Jensen, the 14-year-old German guard, also gave Heffingen two made free throws.
Racing got back into it in the second quarter. Peccati scored four points in a row to cut the gap to 14-13, and at halftime it was still a low-scoring game at 20-15. After the break, coach José Alberto Pais Costa's team created the separation. From 20-17, Heffingen produced a 12-2 stretch, with Nedzia Eco (Season PPG: 8.00) scoring six straight points and Emma Koenig (Season PPG: 4.18) adding five in the quarter.
Racing opened the fourth with a 5-0 run to get within 35-28, but that was the last real threat. Heffingen answered immediately with 10 unanswered points and later reached its biggest lead at 51-30. Eco finished with 16 points, matching her season best, while captain Sarah Kugener (Season PPG: 7.77) added 12 and German 14-year-old Kim Leberle (Season PPG: 3.43) scored 8. For Racing, Peccati carried the offense with 20 of the team's 38 points. Heffingen ended a six-game losing streak with the win.
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