Phase finale leader Racing Luxembourg B imposed itself in Mersch, beating Black Star Mersch 76-49 and staying 1st with a 4-1 record. Black Star, coached by Aleksandar Petrovic, still moved up two places to 4th, but this was a seventh straight loss.
BSM started 4-2 in front, yet Racing quickly took over. Levi Balde and 13-year-old Finn Henrik Alfred Piirsalu (Season PPG: 11.60) gave the visitors tempo and scoring, and RACB closed the first quarter ahead 21-12. The second period brought another Racing push: from 21-12 they went to 27-12, opening a 15-point gap. Black Star stayed alive through 14-year-old captain Ylan Madoki Bigas (Season PPG: 23.15), who kept attacking the basket and helped reduce the deficit to 35-25 at halftime.
The key moment came after the break. BSM scored first, but Christian Frick's side answered with an 11-0 run from 27-35 to 27-46. Piirsalu stretched the floor with two more 3-pointers, and Gabriel Marcolin added inside. Madoki Bigas answered with 6 points in a row later in the quarter, but Racing still led 55-37 entering the last period.
In the fourth, RACB kept the game under control and reached its biggest lead at 71-41, a 30-point margin, before the final score. Balde (Season PPG: 9.07) finished with 25 points, Piirsalu added 20 with four made 3-pointers, Lucas Kampe (Season PPG: 5.82) scored 9, and Raphaël Massard (Season PPG: 8.75) had 7. For BSM, Madoki Bigas produced 29 points, nearly 60% of his team's total. Maxime Toussaint (Season PPG: 5.27) scored 10 and Denis Notarnicola (Season PPG: 9.91) added 7. Racing also showed better scoring depth, with five players at 5 points or more and five made 3-pointers against none for BSM.
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