Racing Luxembourg B beat Telstar Hesperange 75-55 in the Coupe FLBB preliminary round at Holleschb2/Central, controlling the game from late in the first quarter. After Jamie Kappler (26) opened for TEL, the score stood 10-10 before a 10-0 burst by RACB. Xavier Engel (37) ignited it with a three and then four straight free throws following an unsportsmanlike on Jordan Kaboth, setting 12-20 after Q1. RACB returned with a 7-0 start to Q2 (ELCHEROTH 2, Engel 3+2) to 12-27 and led 23-40 at the half. The margin ballooned to 35-61 in the third, with Franços Aulner (42) and Wander Nicolas Silvestre Marquez (30, DOM) active, and peaked at 40-70 in Q4.
Engel led RACB with 20 points, including three triples and seven free throws, while Giorgio Riboldi (36, 1.80m, ITA) added 13. Aulner had 8, Silvestre Marquez 7, Marc Pfeiffenschneider 6, and Nicolas Muller (30, 1.97m) 6. RACB hit seven threes.
For Telstar, Raffaele Santi (17, ITA) scored 14 all inside the arc and poured in 10 in the last quarter to trim the gap. Kappler finished with 9, Arturo Pablo Gosalbez Seva (33, ESP) 8, Max Klepper (33) 7, captain Tom Roden (25) 5 and Lorenzo Ferrari (27, ITA) 5. TEL made five threes.
Notable moments: Engel scored seven RACB points in a row during the first-quarter breakaway; Q2 featured offsetting unsportsmanlike fouls on Yann Fux and Ferrari. Coach Schneider's side advanced, while Pit Meintz's team improved late but from too far back.
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