League leader Sparta Bertrange stayed first and recorded a third straight win, beating Racing Luxembourg 100-62 after a game that changed sharply in the second quarter.
Racing started well. Bivins and Keller gave the visitors the first edge, Caruso then scored 7 Racing points in a row, and Rehak's late three put Racing ahead 26-24 after one quarter. Early in the second, Besenius stretched it to 33-28, but this was the turning point. Karl Abou Khalil's team answered with a decisive 28-6 run to the break, flipping the game to 56-39. Sparta's pressure and interior efficiency were central in that phase.
The home side kept control after halftime. John Jr, Williams and Verbeelen pushed the margin to 76-51 after three quarters, and the last period became one-sided, with Sparta reaching a highest lead of 38.
Sparta built the win on excellent 2-point shooting: 29/40, 72.5%. They also forced 25 turnovers and finished with 15 assists. Racing had a good 3-point percentage at 8/22, 36.4%, but managed only 14/38 on 2-pointers.
Avelon Luke John Jr (Season PPG: 16.80, RPG: 9.86, AssPG: 1.57) was the MVP with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Jarvis Terrill Williams (Season PPG: 19.40, RPG: 6.14, AssPG: 1.86), the 37-year-old 1.98m USA guard/forward, added 17 points and 8 rebounds. Max Logelin (Season PPG: 16.60, RPG: 4.43, AssPG: 3.57) scored 13 with 4/4 on 2-pointers and 5/6 free throws, while Mathieu Arendt gave 11 points off the bench.
For Racing, Angelo Caruso (Season PPG: 5.80, RPG: 2.17, AssPG: 2.33) led with 17 points. Samuel Rehak (Season PPG: 6.20, RPG: 3.00, AssPG: 1.17) scored 11, and Antunio Xavier Bivins (Season PPG: 20.80, RPG: 6.00, AssPG: 1.50), a 34-year-old 1.99m USA forward, was limited to 9 points despite 6 fouls received.
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