BBC Dikrich, 6th in the relegation group, beat 7th-placed Luxembourg Phoenix 91-55 in Diekirch and stopped a two-game losing streak. The game stayed competitive in the first quarter. Dikrich opened with 5 straight points from Amar Sijaric (Season PPG: 16.72), but Phoenix answered well, coming back to 8-8 and later 10-10 before the home side closed the period 19-15.
The break came in the second quarter. From 24-20, Dikrich produced a 12-0 run and took full control at 36-20. At halftime, the gap was already 48-27. Sijaric and Justin Tram (Season PPG: 8.53) drove that stretch with perimeter scoring and pace, while Emerson Medina Vezo (Season PPG: 13.54) kept the pressure inside.
Phoenix tried to react after the break with a 6-0 start to the third quarter, cutting the score to 48-33, but Dikrich answered immediately. The home team replied with a strong run of its own and pushed the margin to 72-41 after three quarters. The highest lead reached 43 points at 91-48 before Phoenix scored the last 7 points.
Sijaric finished with 27 points, including 4 three-pointers, and Tram added 22 with 4 threes. Medina Vezo scored 11, while Jordan Roberto Rocha (Season PPG: 1.56) gave efficient support with 8.
For Phoenix, Dany Deaibes (Season PPG: 9.30) scored 18, Elia Moussa (Season PPG: 12.75) had 17, and Oscar Khoury (CED) added 7 in his third game of the competition. Amyn Sedrati reached 11 points but was already on four fouls by the end of the second quarter, including an unsportsmanlike foul. Later, coach Hichem El Basri was charged with one bench technical in the third quarter and one personal technical in the fourth.
(AI generated)