Racing Luxembourg controlled Etzella Ettelbruck 92-71 in the M-U18 Division 1 Phase 2 round-robin at tramsschap/central, staying atop the table (2-0) while Etzella drops to 3rd (1-1, -1 place). Racing also extends a long winning streak (at least seven in a row), while Etzella has dropped two of their last three.
Game evolution favored the hosts early: a 6-0 start and 27-18 after 10 minutes, built on Louis Cocard's outside touch and Stefan Stoykov's drives. Etzella briefly rallied to 27-25 in Q2, but Racing answered with a decisive 22-5 run to halftime (49-30), with Oskar Berger, Sarunas Sulcas and Cocard all scoring. The lead swelled to 65-41 in Q3 before Etzella hit back with a 9-0 burst (Wolter from deep, then Delgado dos Santos at the rim), but Pete Rajniak and John Berhane Litt steadied Racing. The largest gap came at 81-55 (+26) early in Q4; Etzella strung together a 10-0 sequence to 87-71, only for Rajniak (three) and Raul Calderon Ramos to close it out.
Racing's balance told: four players in double figures and a 19-2 edge in bench points. Cocard (25; Season PPG: 13.86) drilled five threes and added strong finishes; captain Stefan Stoykov (24; 17 years old, Bulgaria) mixed perimeter and paint scoring. Sulcas added 14, Rajniak 10. Racing totaled 30 made two-pointers (60 pts) and 10 threes.
Etzella leaned on Marvin Delgado dos Santos (28) and Lenny Lopes Morais (22), who kept scoring through contact and from range; Giovanni Palermo Cardoso and Noah Wolter added 8 each. Coach Nelson Delgado's time-outs curbed a few runs, but Racing, guided by coach Hristo Stoykov, controlled the tempo and spacing throughout.
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