Racing Luxembourg won 52-36 in Schieren after a game that stayed open until the middle of the third quarter. The visitors led 18-10 after the first period, but Black Frogs Schieren answered well in the second, winning it 10-6 and cutting the gap to 24-20 at halftime.
Coach Diogo Jesus Lopes saw his team come out strongly after the break. Emily Andrade (Season PPG: 12.21) scored 4 points in a row to bring Schieren level at 24-24, and Lara Costa Matias (Season PPG: 6.77) pushed Black Frogs briefly in front at 26-24. That was the key moment of the game. Racing reacted immediately: after a score correction, Julie Obertin (Season PPG: 12.17) restarted the visitors, then Carolina Coto Fonseca (13, ESP) took over with 8 straight points. That decisive 13-0 stretch turned the game to 37-24 and gave Racing full control.
In the last quarter, Racing never let Schieren come back. Lily Walter (14, GBN) finished as co-top scorer with 18 points and kept adding important baskets late, while Obertin added 10 and Coto Fonseca 12. Marina Papadopoulos (Season PPG: 2.80) also gave solid support with 6 points, including two fourth-quarter baskets.
For Black Frogs, Andrade matched Walter with 18 points and carried the offense for long stretches. Hanna Kraus (Season PPG: 2.30) scored 6, including 4 in the fourth, while Costa Matias also had 6. Racing had already beaten Schieren 46-35 earlier in Phase 1, and this second matchup followed a similar pattern: Schieren stayed competitive for long phases, but Racing's stronger third-quarter run made the difference.
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