Fidler, Bonis and Šulcs lift Riga Zelli over magic Tindastoll
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Frankie Fidler, Jānis Bērziņš and Rolands Šulcs combined for 58 points to lead Riga Zelli past Tindastoll Saudarkrokur, 101-94, and into the 2026 quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 11, at the Sikio sports hall in northern Iceland.
Players of the game
Meet the Spartans.
Frankie Fidler graduated the Michigan State University in 2025 and is the scoring machine for Riga Zelli.
Young wing scored a team high 20 points and dished out eight assists.
Experienced Jānis Bērziņš aka Bonis had 19 points on excellent 6/8 shooting from the field.
A former Latvian international went 5/7 from the three point line.
Young guard Rolands Šulcs dropped another 19 points.
Taiwo Badmus led Tindastoll with 27 points and 10 rebounds.
Julius Agustsson checked out with 17 points.
Key stats
Riga Zelli shot 51 percent from the three point line, 18/35, tying a fifth best result in ENBL history.
Tindastoll shot 36 percent from the deep, 13/36.
Five Zelli players – Denis Lukashov, Roberts Bērziņš, Frankie Fidler, Rolands Šulcs and Jānis Bērziņš – hit multiple threes.
Riga Zelli bench outscored Tindastoll, 42-20, thanks to 38 points by Jānis Bērziņš and Rolands Šulcs.
Three points made | ENBL records
23/38 Tindastoll 104-110 Dinamo Zagreb (January 20, 2026)
23/43 Newcastle 128-68 Olomoucko (February 6, 2026)
19/37 Tindastoll 125-88 Gimle (October 14, 2025)
19/42 Manchester 112-92 Opava (December 16, 2025)
18/39 Weissenfels 106-104 Donar (January 6, 2026)
18/35 Tindastoll 94-101 Riga Zelli (March 11, 2026)
Game notes
Riga Zelli improved to 6-3, while Tindastoll dropped to 6-3.
Riga Zelli are 4-1 on the road.
Their hit list – Dziki Warszawa, Go+ Peja, Spartak Pleven and Tindastoll.
Tindastoll are 3-2 on the home floor thanks to the record setting wins against Gimle Basket, 125-88, Manchester Basketball, 100-96, and Brussels Basketball, 98-92.
Tindastoll players, coaches and personnel made their community proud, posting six wins in a European competition – a new record for Iceland basketball.
Riga Zelli head coach Dāvis Čoders posted his first win in the ENBL.
Riga Zelli will face the 2025 ENBL champions CSO Voluntari in the best-of-two home and away quarterfinal series.
2026 ENBL playoffs | local time | CET
Wednesday, March 4
(7) Dziki Warszawa 97-84 Valmiera Glass ViA (10)
Tuesday, March 10
(3) CSO Voluntari 99-74 Slovan Bratislava (14)
(8) Donar Groningen 103-86 BK Opava (9)
(5) Manchester Basketball 94-92 Dubrava Zagreb (12)
Wednesday, March 11
(2) Iraklis BC 76-63 TalTech/ALEXELA (15)
(1) SYNTAINICS MBC 98-83 BK Olomoucko (16)
(6) Tindastoll 94-101 Riga Zelli (11)
Thursday, March 12
19:15 | 19:15 (4) Dinamo Zagreb walkover vs SIGAL Prishtina (13)
March 17-April 2, quarterfinals
Best-of-two, home and away series
April 21-23, Final Four
Location and final dates to be confirmed
2026 ENBL playoffs and bracket
Live blog: the playoffs are coming
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