BBC Dikrich turned around this matchup well. After losing the first two meetings with Rebound Préizerdaul this season, including 71-67 in the first Phase finale game, Roberto Brito's team answered with a 76-62 home win and stayed first in the group at 4-1. PRE remains second at 2-3.
The game changed several times. PRE briefly led 15-14 in the first quarter, but Dikrich finished the period on an 8-0 run to move from 15-15 to 23-15. Michele Laforgia (Season PPG: 24.27) and Mathis Kesseler (Season PPG: 17.36) were already central there, and they remained the main engines all evening.
Dikrich pushed the margin to 35-21 in the second quarter, their biggest lead of the half, but Datan Oliveira Mendes' side reacted well. Guilherme Filipe Marques Casqueira (Season PPG: 18.00) and Jaylen Joseph Simoes Marbes (Season PPG: 9.07) led a strong 14-4 spell that cut it to 39-35 at halftime, so the game was still open.
The decisive stretch came in the third quarter. After PRE got within 43-39, Dikrich rebuilt control. Laforgia hit from long range at 46-39, Kesseler kept scoring inside, and the home team later produced an 8-0 run from 54-43 to 62-43. That created the highest lead of the game, 19 points, and broke PRE's momentum.
Laforgia finished with 29 points despite foul trouble and fouling out late, while Kesseler added 28. Together they scored 57 of Dikrich's 76 points. Bryan Silva Santos, the 12-year-old from Portugal, added 7, and Eldin Gusinjac (12, LUX) gave useful support with 4 points.
For PRE, Marques Casqueira matched his season high with 28 points, Hengen (Season PPG: 9.64) added 14, and Simoes Marbes scored 12. Wolsfeld and Simoes Marbes both reached four fouls, which mattered as PRE tried to chase the game in the second half. Dikrich has now won three in a row.
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