BBC Dikrich opened the M-Nationale 3 qualification round with a controlled 77-51 away win over Black Frogs Schieren B. After game 1, Dikrich is 1st in the table and Schieren B 4th.
The visitors set the tone early and led 18-11 after one quarter. Emerson Medina Vezo and Erikson Medina Vezo gave Dikrich its first inside points, then Edson Monteiro Neves (27, PRT) started to stretch the game with his perimeter scoring. Early in the second period, Dikrich pushed the margin to 23-11, with Monteiro Neves scoring five points in a row.
Schieren reacted well at that moment. Francis Kneip (29, 1.85m) and Daniel Kemp brought FROB back with an 8-0 run, cutting the score to 19-23. That was an important passage, but Dikrich answered immediately and strongly. The away side closed the half on a 13-2 run to reach 36-21, a sequence that restored full control.
The third quarter was Schieren's best phase. After falling behind 21-42, the home team produced its main push through Kneip, Philippe Conte (30, 1.85m) and Tanguy Labatut (30, 1.90m). FROB won the quarter 22-18 and reduced the gap to 43-54. Early in the fourth, Kneip made it 45-54, the closest the home side came since the second quarter.
Dikrich then decided the game with a 15-2 burst from 54-45 to 69-47. Leonardo André Neves Lizardo (19, PRT) scored eight Dikrich points in a row during that decisive stretch, while Jo Freimann (29, 1.88m) added timely shooting.
Monteiro Neves led Dikrich with 21 points, Neves Lizardo added 15, Emerson Medina Vezo 12 and Freimann 8. For FROB, Kneip finished with 16 points, Conte 11, Kemp 7 and Labatut 6. Dikrich's edge also showed in made field goals: 27 converted 2-pointers and 7 made 3-pointers, compared with 19 and 2 for Schieren.
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