BBC Dikrich controlled the game in Bettembourg, beating Nitia Bettembourg 72-61 after building a decisive lead through three quarters. The visitors jumped to 21-11 after 10 minutes, fueled early by Ewan Da Silva Jose, and kept a firm grip before the break (40-26). Early in the third, Nitia briefly stirred on an Owen Chen three, but Dikrich answered immediately: Joel Leite Delgado (18, PRT) struck from deep, and Kevin John Gillen (21) caught fire with back-to-back triples to push the margin to 20. With Da Silva Jose scoring in bunches and Luigi Busto adding in transition, the gap peaked at 22 (65-43) late in the third. Nitia won the fourth 16-7, with Chen scoring in bursts and Wesley Almeida hitting from outside, but the damage was done.
Da Silva Jose (Season PPG: 21.4) delivered a season-high 31 points and repeatedly posted consecutive scores, including successive free throws to steady Dikrich in the third. Support came from Leite Delgado with 10, Gillen 10 (those two third-quarter threes were the momentum swing), and Justin Tram (Season PPG: 8.0) with 10 despite 4 fouls.
For Nitia, Chen (19, 1.76m, CHN) led with 20, often stringing points together in the fourth, while Almeida added 18 and Jack Da Costa Fernandes 10. Early foul trouble hurt the hosts: Noah Butler (4 pts) and Bilal Hamil both reached four fouls, which blunted Nitia's rotations.
Coach Rui Brito Roberto's team managed the game's tempo and shot-making in the middle quarters; Mike Mendes Araujo's side rallied late but never got closer than the final 11. With this result, Dikrich climb to 2nd in the standings (ranking gain +2) and are on a two-game winning run. Nitia slide to 4th (ranking -1) and have now dropped two in a row after opening with two wins.
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