Racing Luxembourg B overpowered BBC East Side Pirates 91-38 in M-U18 Division 5 (Phase 1) at tramsschap/central, controlling the game from the opening tip and never letting go. The hosts raced to 24-8 after the first quarter and took a 43-19 cushion into halftime. Any hope of a Pirates response was snuffed out in the third (19-8) and especially in a dominant fourth period (29-11).
RACB set the tone with a 6-0 start and kept piling on with balanced inside scoring. A key first-half sequence saw Nick Wallers (RACB) score five points around the mid-second quarter to help stretch the lead past 30, while Ege Erdogan (16, DEU) added a pair of timely threes before the break. After the interval, the hosts methodically grew the gap; early in the fourth they blasted a 12-0 run to 74-27, prompting a Pirates timeout. Raul Calderon Ramos (17, ESP) knocked down back-to-back baskets during that surge, and Alkis Chatzis (16, GRC) closed with two more in quick succession to cap a 29-point final quarter. Highest lead reached +54 (91-37).
Chatzis led RACB with 18 points (all from two-point range). Erdogan and Calderon Ramos had 14 each, Wallers 13, Luca Schmit 11 and Rapha l Julien Mathieu Vander Straeten 10. For BEP, captain Leo Carreira de Oliveira (16) scored 11, supported by Tristan No l Fievez (7) and Reinhold Kwaku Anobaah Acheampong (6). Yannis Pividor added four, including two late free throws.
Coach Nicolae Predescu's group remains perfect and stays 1st (3-0, 295-135 aggregate), while Aziz Ndiaye's Pirates drop to 0-3 (130-192) and sit 4th. RACB are on a three-game winning streak; BEP have lost three in a row. Captains Arthur Lamidiaux (RACB) and Carreira de Oliveira (BEP) both hit from deep, but the hosts' depth and runs decided the game early.
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