Racing Luxembourg B overpowered Basket Esch B 110-53 in M-U18 Division 5 (Phase 1), building the win quarter by quarter (18-23; 18-29; 6-27; 11-31). Esch briefly led 17-14 after a triple by captain Noah Schwarz (17), but Nicolae Predescu's group closed Q1 on a 9-1 burst for 18-23.
Q2 belonged to Nick Wallers (22 pts), who authored an 8-point personal run (four straight field goals) to stretch the gap beyond double digits. By halftime Racing was up 36-52. The decisive blow came right after the break: Pete Rajniak (15) opened the third quarter with seven consecutive team points, igniting a 27-6 period that broke the game open. Yair Portal Levav (15) piled on with back-to-back buckets and later a 3+2 FTs flurry. Racing's largest lead reached 57, the final margin.
Racing's scoring was broad and relentless: Portal Levav 22, Wallers 22, Rajniak 22, Luca Schmit 14, Raphaël Vander Straeten (17, BEL) 13. The visitors converted 38 two-pointers, 7 threes and 13 free throws. For Richard Czerwonka's Esch, Kyan Braunshausen (17) led with 16 (two threes), Schwarz added 12 and Joshua Becker 8. Starter Eliaz Kaiser had early foul trouble (four in Q2) and later fouled out in Q4.
Racing start 1-0 and top the early standings (rank 1), while Esch fall to 0-1 (rank 4).
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