Second-ranked Racing Luxembourg controlled the game after a difficult opening and won clearly at fourth-ranked BC Mess, 103-54.
BC Mess, coached by Fernand Musquar, started much better. Mess went up 11-0 and still had good rhythm early through Fabio Freymann (14) and Noa Priso Dikoume (14). Racing looked under pressure, but the visitors changed the flow completely: from 11-0 down, they closed the first quarter on a 17-4 run to lead 17-15.
The second quarter created the first real gap. Racing opened it with 9 points in a row for 26-15, then kept punishing inside. BC Mess stayed in touch for a while at 26-37, but Racing finished the half with an 8-0 burst and entered the break up 45-26.
That sequence continued after halftime. Racing quickly moved from 45-26 to 58-30 and never let the home side settle. Martin Cuesta Jaramillo (15) and Bartosz Olejnik (14) were decisive in that phase, with Martin repeatedly scoring around the basket and Olejnik adding strong finishing. Racing won the third quarter 29-13 and pushed the margin to 74-39.
The last period was one-sided as well. The lead passed 40 and reached a game-high 51 points late. Under coach Uros Niksic, Racing answered well after its previous loss.
Olejnik led all scorers with 26 points, Martin Cuesta Jaramillo added 25, and Doruk Ege Kurtes (15) produced 15. For Mess, Freymann scored 13, while Eli Nosbusch, who had come in averaging 15.71 points per game, finished with 6. Mess also had foul problems around key players, with Freymann and captain Roan Musquar fouling out.
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