BBC Dikrich, leader of the Phase finale, won 65-45 at North Fox and completed a 2-0 season sweep after the earlier 76-62. Dikrich stayed first at 5-0 and extended a nine-game winning streak. North Fox, despite the loss, moved up one place to second.
The game was controlled early by the visitors. Dikrich opened on an 8-0 run and quickly built a 14-2 lead before closing the first quarter ahead 16-6. North Fox responded in the second period with six straight points to get back to 12-18, but Dikrich answered with its own 6-0 sequence and kept the initiative. At halftime, the gap was 30-21.
The home team had its best spell in the third quarter. After falling behind 21-34, Fox produced an 8-0 burst, with Mattis Rob and Nick Schmitz bringing the score back to 31-36. That was the key moment of resistance, but Dikrich did not let the game turn. Early in the fourth, Fox reduced it to 38-45 and then 40-47. From there, captain Farih Nurkovic went on a decisive personal run: he scored 12 points in a row, stretching the lead to 59-40. The final margin of 20 points was also Dikrich's highest lead.
Nurkovic, a 15-year-old captain, finished with 35 points, including 13 two-pointers, 2 threes and 3 free throws, right around his season average of 35.77. Gustavo Alexandre Ferreira Rebelo added 8 points, Mil Neyens had 6, and Mimballa Erwan-Scott Owoutou Monty (15, FRA) scored 10 before fouling out. For North Fox, captain Mattis Rob led the offense with 24 points, well above half of his team's total and close to his 22.27 season average. Schmitz added 10 points, while Yannis Ludes scored 7.
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