North Fox, now 3rd in the phase finale at 2-2, beat Racing Luxembourg B 75-55. Racing dropped to 4th and lost two places in the table.
The game stayed tight for three quarters. Racing started better with a 4-0 edge through Konrad Gesinski and Shining Li, then kept a 15-13 lead after the first period. Bartosz Jan Olejnik (Season PPG: 12.12), a 14-year-old Polish player, was the main offensive reference early and helped RACB stay in front 31-29 at halftime. Racing's biggest lead reached six points at 31-25.
North Fox changed the tempo after the break. Yannis Ludes (Season PPG: 15.57) scored 9 of his team's first 10 points in the third quarter, and Fox erased the deficit at 35-35 before moving ahead 45-41. Mattis Rob (Season PPG: 22.14) then added consecutive baskets to consolidate that swing.
The decisive moment came in the last quarter. After Michael Fenger's three-pointer cut the score to 49-47, Fox answered with a strong scoring stretch built around free throws and close-range finishes. Ludes went on a real roll with 14 points in the fourth quarter, while Rob and Nick Schmitz (Season PPG: 10.07) kept the pressure on. Fox stretched the margin to 64-51 and later to a game-high 20 points.
Ludes finished with 31 points, Rob with 23 and Schmitz with 15, giving North Fox 69 of its 75 points. For Racing, Olejnik scored 18, Adam Leonard Thiault (Season PPG: 6.33) had 11, and Huxley Alexander Moss (Season PPG: 3.29) also scored 11. Racing's late chase was affected by foul trouble, with Thiault and Fenger fouling out, and Li also leaving on five fouls after a U2 in the fourth.
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