Black Star Mersch, 3rd in W-Nationale 2, beat 5th-placed Racing Luxembourg 71-58 in Mersch and completed a 2-0 season sweep against RAC after the 55-45 away win.
The game was balanced for a half. BSM opened 6-0 through Jo Marie-L. Schreiner and Lynn Eliane Schreiner, but Racing answered well and stayed close at 20-19 after one quarter. In the second period, Black Star created the first real gap at 37-24, with Catherine Max (Season PPG: 13.78) active inside and Jessie Kettel adding two threes. Racing then produced the best away stretch of the night: a 15-2 run, capped by Estelle Sand and Jil Schmit, erased the deficit and brought the score to 39-39 at halftime.
Racing even started the third quarter with four straight points for a 41-39 lead, but this was the turning point. BSM replied with a decisive 19-4 surge to move from 39-41 to 58-45. The Schreiner sisters and Max drove that sequence, and coach Wojciech Daniel Kubis had to stop play at 53-43. Black Star won the quarter 21-8 and took control.
The home side reached its highest lead at 67-49 in the fourth. Racing had one last reaction, cutting the gap to 67-56, but never got closer.
Max led BSM with 19 points, Jo Marie-L. Schreiner added 15, Lynn Eliane Schreiner 13, and Nina Goedert 9. For RAC, Sand scored 16, Schmit 13, Olivia Hoffmann (1.85m) 10, and Daisy Bormann 9. Racing came in on a five-game winning streak, while BSM recorded a second straight win.
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