BBC Dikrich controlled the game at esch/ho3 and beat Basket Esch C 69-48 in the M-U14 Division 7 Phase finale. The visitors set the tone early (10-17 after Q1) and broke the game open with a 10-0 start to the second quarter to lead 10-27. By halftime it was 21-37, and the margin peaked at +26 (29-55) late in the third. Esch answered with a 6-0 push to close that period, but Dikrich managed the gap and closed on a 6-0 run.
Michele Laforgia (Season PPG: 24.78), a 12-year-old Italian guard, led Dikrich with 28 points, scoring relentlessly in the lane (13 two-point field goals). Mathis Kesseler (Season PPG: 16.44) added 25 and authored a personal 6-0 run with three consecutive baskets in the third quarter that stalled Esch's momentum. Louis Dichter (Season PPG: 9.64) chipped in 6. Bryan Silva Santos had 4 points but reached four fouls, including two quick ones early in the fourth. Neither team scored from three; Dikrich did their damage inside and at the line in small doses.
For Basket Esch C, Gabriel KüHNE MEZA (Season PPG: 9.71) delivered 23 points, matching his season best, including a string of second-half finishes that trimmed the deficit. Bryan Felipe Semedo Tavares (Season PPG: 6.60) added 9, while Rudy Mendes Silva (LALC) scored 6. Early foul trouble didn't help Esch's rhythm; Maël Thys picked up two first-quarter fouls.
Coach Rui Brito Roberto's group never trailed and answered every Esch surge, while Coach Hamid Ait-Mesbah's team found late energy but too late to threaten. The head-to-head is now split this season after Esch's win in Phase 2. In the standings, Dikrich climb to first (3-1, +1 place) with Esch second (2-1).
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