Racing Luxembourg B controlled Gréngewald Hueschtert 70-59 in the M-U18 Division 3 Phase finale (round-robin, game 1) at tramsschap/central, building the win on a dominant start and timely answers to every GRE push.
After trailing 0-3, RACB ripped a 13-0 run to 16-5, fueled by Pete Rajniak (two early threes), and closed the first quarter 26-13. Nicolas Predescu's team then absorbed GRE's response: Felix Penning and Mats Genevaro Van den Biezenbos (two second-quarter threes) trimmed it to 34-28 at half. Out of the break, RACB reasserted control behind Nick Wallers and Luca Schmit to 53-39 after three.
Nicolas Parrish's side made its stand early in the fourth as Santiago Capozucca drilled back-to-back threes to 53-47, but RACB answered. Wallers hit from deep, John Berhane Litt added two buckets, and at 60-54 the hosts strung an 8-0 burst (Schmit 3+2, Wallers 3) to 68-54. The largest gap reached 15 (70-55) before GRE scored the last four.
Top performers
- RACB: Nick Wallers 19 (Season PPG: 18.38); Luca Schmit 13 (Season PPG: 8.06); Pete Rajniak 12 (Season PPG: 9.87) with two momentum-setting threes; Raphaël Julien Mathieu Vander Straeten 8 (Season PPG: 10.60). Jonathan Droste (RACB) added 4.
- GRE: Egidijus Jarukaitis (17, LTU) 15 (Season PPG: 10.50); Mats Genevaro Van den Biezenbos 12 (Season PPG: 6.67); Santiago Capozucca 10 (Season PPG: 10.85); Felix Penning 9 (Season PPG: 10.58). Raik Steyer (GRE) chipped in 3.
Ollivier picked up two early personals yet still contributed inside. RACB extend their winning streak to eight and move to 2nd in the Phase finale table (+3). GRE sit 5th (+1), coming off a rare win in their recent sequence.
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