Etzella Ettelbruck, now 3rd after a one-place rise, beat 4th-ranked Racing Luxembourg 83-58 and reacted well after its previous loss. Racing started the better side and moved 13-7 ahead, while Bastian Torres picked up two personal fouls in a row early for ETZ. From there, Nelson Delgado's team changed the game completely.
The key moment was a long Etzella run from late in the first period into the second. ETZ went from 7-13 down to 29-13 up, a 22-0 burst that broke the balance of the game. Lenny Lopes Morais (17, 1.85m) was central in that phase and also opened the second quarter with five straight Etzella points.
Lopes Morais finished with 33 points. He had strong support from Gilles Schock (ETZ) with 16 points and Ben Schock (ETZ) with 12, while Charel Wilmes (ETZ) added 9. Etzella had several productive scorers around its lead guard and kept control for long stretches.
Racing stayed alive mainly through Yair Portal Levav (16, 1.89m), who produced 26 points despite four personal fouls. Simon Derwael-Thomsin (RAC) and Jorge Leocadio Botelho (RAC) added 9 points each.
After the break, Racing had its best response. It cut the gap from 54-32 to 54-40, and later to 60-48, giving the game some tension again. Etzella answered immediately with a 17-3 push to 77-51, restoring a clear margin. The biggest lead reached 26 points late in the game.
Etzella moves to 2-2, while Racing is 1-3 and has now lost three in a row.
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Etzella Ettelbruck 
Racing Luxembourg 
