AS Soleuvre B won a close Phase finale game against Racing Luxembourg B, 72-68, and the result flipped the standings: SOLB moved up two places into 1st, while RACB dropped to 2nd. It also extended Soleuvre's winning run to five games and avenged the 52-85 loss from the first meeting.
The game stayed balanced early at 12-12 after one quarter. Racing then controlled the second period behind Nicolas Breistroff (Season PPG: 10.94), who scored in bursts and helped his team finish the half 32-26. RACB even reached the game's highest lead at 34-26 early in the third quarter.
That was the turning point. Coach Michel Dias Gonavles' side answered with an 11-2 run, sparked by Moreno Tomasini (Season PPG: 13.33) and 13-year-old Amadou Diallo from Guinea (Season PPG: 9.77), to turn 26-34 into 37-36. Soleuvre won the third quarter 25-18 and edged in front 51-50 going into the last period.
The fourth quarter remained tense. Racing, led by Breistroff, went from 50-53 to 58-55 and later 61-57. Soleuvre reacted again: they tied at 61-61, then produced a crucial 6-0 stretch to lead 67-62. Racing stayed alive through Breistroff's free throws, but Tomasini scored the last Soleuvre basket from the field for 71-67 and added the final point for 72-68.
Top SOLB scorers were Tomasini with 20, Sam Omes (Season PPG: 13.87) with 10, Louis-Moris Melsen (Season PPG: 5.58) with 10 and Prasan Prabhu Sankar (Season PPG: 6.15) with 10. For Racing, Breistroff finished with 28, including 8 free throws and 2 triples, while Lucas Kampe (Season PPG: 6.50) and Timofei Plechko (Season PPG: 7.70) each added 14.
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