BBC Dikrich edged VIBBALL Echternach 64-59 in a tight M-U22 N2 Qualification matchup at schoolint1, decided by a late fourth-quarter surge. The opening belonged to the visitors: after VBE's first basket, DIE strung together a 7-0 run to lead 2-7, yet the quarter stayed balanced (17-18). Echternach took control in the second period with a 6-0 push (from 20-20 to 26-20) and went to halftime up 33-28.
Dikrich methodically clawed back in the third behind Amar Sijaric (Season PPG: 20.4) and Ewan Da Silva (Season PPG: 20.83), trimming the gap to 42-41. The game turned midway through the fourth: from 48-49, DIE authored an 11-0 run Sijaric hit five straight points (a three then a two), Da Silva added back-to-back buckets, and David Owen Dakeu finished the burst for the 48-60 highest lead (+12). VBE answered through Michel Ange Mafolo, who scored five in a row at the line and inside to make it 53-61, but Dikrich managed the margin and closed it out.
Sijaric led all scorers with 28 (3 threes, 8 twos, 3 free throws), repeatedly finding answers in the lane and from deep. Da Silva added 18 (8 free throws, 5 twos) and Justin Tram 10. For VIBBALL, Mafolo posted 24 (10 free throws, 4 twos, 2 threes) and carried the late push; Kouami Samuele Dogbonou added 18 (nine twos). Captain Noah Marian Rudolf (18, BEL) had 15 with a three and six twos but committed an unsportsmanlike foul in Q2 and eventually fouled out in Q4, a blow to VBE's closing options.
Team scoring breakdown: DIE 11 points from the line, 44 on twos, 9 on threes; VBE 10 from the line, 40 on twos, 9 on threes. Coach Endrit Shala's side has now won three straight and sits second in the classification (4-1), while VBE remains third (2-3) under coach Ildiko Vass.
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