Racing Luxembourg B overpowered Nitia Bettembourg 103-67 in the M-U18 Division 4 Phase 2 championship round opener at tramsschap/central. Coach Nicolae Predescu's team set the tone with a 27-8 first quarter, including a 9-0 burst to 23-5 sparked by Arthur Lamidiaux and Luca Schmit. Nitia reacted in Q2: Liam Raas and Haris Adrovic led a 14-2 run that trimmed it to 45-30 at halftime (NIT took the quarter 22-18).
The hosts reasserted control after the break with a decisive 14-0 surge from 50-38 to 64-38, driven by Schmit (Season PPG: 9.0) and Raul Calderon Ramos (Season PPG: 10.8). The final period opened 15-3 for Racing; Pete Rajniak (Season PPG: 12.13) then poured 11 points in the fourth to stretch the margin to the night's largest at +36 by the horn.
Top performers RACB: Schmit 21, Calderon Ramos 21 (17, ESP), Rajniak 19, Lamidiaux 16 (17, FRA), Jules Ollivier 14. Alkis Chatzis added 12 and fouled out early in Q4, but Racing's depth carried the finish. Notable sequence: Ivan Plazo (RACB) picked up two quick personals in the second quarter.
For NIT, Raas (16) led with 18, captain Tom Wetta (Season PPG: 3.2) had 11 including two threes in the third, Adrovic 10 (15, MNE), Hugo Palma Matias 9 and Jiabin Chen 6 contributed, but NIT couldn't blunt the repeated home runs. Coach Mike Ricardo Mendes Araujo's side briefly shifted momentum before halftime yet trailed 72-49 after three.
Racing B extends its winning streak to four and opens Phase 2 on top (1-0, ranking gain +3). Nitia starts 0-1 and sits second.
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