Rebound Préizerdaul overturned a tight game in the last quarter to win 71-59 at BBC Dikrich. The hosts edged the first period (15-13) and reached halftime down just one (29-30). After the break, PRE leaned on Welton Djon Silva do Rosario (Season PPG: 12.88), who poured in 10 points in the third, but Dikrich hit back: Kevin John Gillen (Season PPG: 5.63) drilled three consecutive threes late in Q3, a personal 9-0 run that flipped 39-45 into a 48-45 lead. Dikrich still led 49-47 after 30 minutes.
The final quarter belonged to PRE and coach Mike Weyer's group. Jamal Wilson (Season PPG: 12.67) opened with 5 points in a row to turn 53-51 into 53-56, Mathis Weyrich (Season PPG: 13.89) added a corner three, and Olivier Braun (Season PPG: 17.29) kept scoring inside. That stretch became a decisive 12-2 run to 65-55. An unsportsmanlike on Gillen gave Weyrich a key free throw late, and Dikrich's top scorer Ewan Da Silva (DIE) fouled out, blunting any comeback for coach Endrit Shala. Final margin (+12) was also the game's largest lead.
For PRE, Braun led with 22, Silva do Rosario added 21 (1.94 m, PRT), Wilson 12 and Weyrich 9. For Dikrich, Gillen had 15 (five triples), Da Silva 15, Edson Monteiro Neves (Season PPG: 15.13) 10, and Amar Sijaric (Season PPG: 14.40) 7. Gillen's third-quarter burst and Wilson's early Q4 scoring were the game's two pivotal individual runs.
Season context: PRE, who had lost the first meeting 56-59, split the series with an away win and is now on a three-game winning streak, climbing to 5th. Dikrich drop to 7th and have lost three of their last four. Coaches' timeouts framed momentum swings, notably PRE's late Q3 stoppage before Dikrich's barrage and the early Q4 surge that decided it.
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