M-Coupe de l'Avenir, 1/16 finales at Walfer: Résidence Walferdange dismantled Racing Luxembourg 113-50 after a wire-to-wire performance that started with an 8-0 burst and a 31-11 first quarter. Dragan Stipanovic's side never let up, stretching the margin to 60-28 at halftime and 80-37 after three. The gap peaked at +63 at the buzzer.
Game evolution was one-way traffic. A mid-second-quarter 7-0 push broke the contest open, and early in the third Nojus Banys (15, LTU) poured in seven consecutive points for RES to kill off any remaining suspense. Racing burned two timeouts inside the 4th minute of the last quarter, but momentum stayed with the hosts.
Shot profile tells the story: Résidence hit 42 two-pointers and 7 threes, adding 8 free throws. Racing mustered 22 two-pointers, 6 free throws and did not make a single three.
Top performers
- Résidence: Captain Nojus Banys led with 30 points, splashing six triples and scoring at all levels. Rafael Dos Santos Antonio (15, BEL) added 28 points, mixing nine twos, seven free throws and one three. Jokubas Toliusis was a force inside with 18 (all on twos), and Matas Sendzikas contributed 16.
- Racing: Martin Cuesta Jaramillo (14, ESP) had 18 points but fouled out in the fourth quarter after persistent foul trouble. Captain Nick Wallers added 14, while William Armand Jaud and Bartosz Jan Olejnik scored 6 each. Elhadj Ibrahima Diallo had 4, Mihailo Rilak 2.
Key moments
- Opening 8-0 set the tone for RES.
- Second-quarter run built the lead beyond reach.
- Banys' personal 7-0 in Q3 underlined the hosts' control.
- Cuesta Jaramillo's fifth foul in the last period removed Racing's main scorer.
Coach Uros Niksic's team fought to find rhythm inside the arc but, without perimeter makes, could not stem Résidence's constant waves of scoring.
(AI generated)