A third French club remains in the Champions League race: Cholet joins Strasbourg and Dijon in the top 16 of the competition. A first in the history of CB. Pushed into the third decisive match in the play-offs, following its narrow victory a week ago in Italy (91-95), two weeks after losing largely at home (72-93), Cholet lost imposed on Wednesday at La Meilleraie (93-77) to win their series against Sassari and continue their European adventure.
This time, Laurent Vila’s men quickly took the reins of the match, having less than ten lengths in advance at half-time (48-39, 20th). Craig Randall II (24 points and 4 assists) and Tidjane Salaun (15 points and 7 rebounds) were able to stay in the lead, despite the Italian attacks of Breein Tyree (17 pts) and Filip Kruslin (12 points) who did not give up. until the fourth quarter (79-71 in the 36th), before sinking in the last minutes.
Cholet will find Strasbourg, the Spaniards of Malaga and the Turks of Tofas Bursa in its group I, whose matches will begin next Wednesday.
2024-01-18 00:04:31
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