Deprived of two interiors, Hans Vanwijn and Jacques Alingué, injured, Laurent Legname’s players gave in on an offensive rebound converted by Nigerian Ike Udanoh (11 points, 7 rebounds) thirty-four seconds from the end.
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The SIG took advantage of Bourg’s defeat at Roanne to climb to third place in the standings and continued a good series in the French Championship with a seventh consecutive victory which follows a notable success on Tuesday against AEK Athens (91 -73) to stay in the Champions League race. Lasse Tuovi’s team was able to rely on an offensive balance with four players between ten and sixteen points and in the last quarter resisted a resurgence of Dijon defensive intensity.
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The awakening of Cholet
After conceding in the week a defeat on the green carpet which followed a series of four losses in Jeep Elite, Cholet dominated Orléans (91-70) on Saturday and obtained his first success of 2021.
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Erman Kunter’s players made the difference in the second half by relying on their US playmaker Michael Stockton, author of a double double (15 points, 14 assists) and outside success (15 of 30 three points), notably Gregor Hrovat (22 points, 6 of 8 at 6.75m) and Lasan Kromah (21 points 5 of 9 behind the arc).
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Limited to six professional players, to which Germain Castano has added back hope Neftali Difuidi (8 points in 22 minutes), Orleans, deprived of Darius Johnson-Odom, Lamonte Ulmer and in the last minute of Paris Lee, did not have the weapons to fight for more than half time. Note that in the third quarter, Cholet winger Yoan Makoundou (2,06m, 20 years old) managed an exceptional one-handed dunk above the US pivot of Orleans Luke Fisher (2.11m) .
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Ngouama decisive with Le Portel
Limoges struggled for a long time but ended up winning the Boulazac red lantern (72-63) in the fourth quarter. The CSP won for the first time on the road after five setbacks since mid-October in a Jeep Elite. The international interior Jerry Boutsiele broke the season record with 19 rebounds, Nicolas Lang added 18 points while at Boulazac, only John Flowers (26 points) survived in attack.
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Le Portel won on the wire on a final free throw from Mehdy Ngouama after a better basket two seconds from the end against Elan Chalon (84-83). Sean Armand had one last shot for the win but failed. Le Portel, who was led by eight points at the start of the last quarter, puts an end to six defeats in a row. Ngouama (13 points in the end) scored the last six points for his team in the last minute thirty.
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