Rebound Préizerdaul overpowered BBC Dikrich 82-28 in Bettborn and climbed to the top of M-U14 Division 7: Phase 2. The hosts blasted out of the blocks with a 14-0 start and closed the first quarter at 28-3. Dikrich steadied in the second, largely through captain Louis Dichter (Season PPG: 10.4), who scored 10 points in the period and logged six in a row late, but Préizerdaul still took a firm 42-15 lead into halftime.
Coach Oliveira Mendes Datan's group reasserted control with a 10-0 run to open the third (52-15) and never looked back, pushing the margin to a game-high +56 at 82-26 before the final buzzer. Notably, Préizerdaul scored all 82 points from inside the arc: 41 made two-pointers and no made threes or free throws.
Balanced scoring defined the winners: Maxime Hengen (Season PPG: 8.0) and Gaetano Vincenzo Morocutti (Season PPG: 6.33) led with 16 each, Joakim Deblander (13, BEL) added 14 in his first game of the phase, and Guilherme Filipe Marques Casqueira (Season PPG: 15.0) had 10. Stella Fantini contributed 8. Jaylen Joseph Simoes Marbes picked up two quick fouls in the first quarter, but Préizerdaul's depth absorbed it.
For Dikrich, Dichter poured in 23 points, including a first-quarter triple and two free throws. Charbel Touma chipped in 3 (one two and a free throw), and Damien Correia Lomartire added 2. Coach Rui Brito called an early second-quarter timeout to halt momentum, but the hosts kept rolling.
Form-wise, Préizerdaul have now won two straight after a four-game slide and jump to 1st (2-0, ranking gain +2). Dikrich slip to 2nd (1-1, ranking -1).
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