By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Donatas Motiejunas, Dwayne Bacon, and Mike James combined for 63 points, and AS Monaco put up a feast against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne to grab a 100-75 victory on the road, for their rescheduled Round 19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague meeting.
Motiejunas led the way with 22 points and 4 rebounds, Dwayne Bacon emerged with a 21-point performance for Monaco to tie his season-high and Mike James scored 20 points to go along with 7 assists for Sasa Obradovic‘s squad.
“This is our goal, the goal of the season, to be in the top eight of the EuroLeague and playing the playoffs, so this win gets us closer, but you know we are looking forward to the next game against Zenit. It’s an important win for us, hopefully, we can take that one too”, said Motiejunas after the game.
James also recorded a big feat in this win, as he became just the 9th player in EuroLeague history to reach 3,000 points. “It’s nice. It’s always nice to be one of a few, but it’s just a win, really”, he said post-game.
Alpha Diallo contributed 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists and Yakuba Ouattara had 10 for the visiting side, which grabbed its third straight win to improve to an 8-11 record in the standings.
Monaco’s lead peaked at 21 points in the third quarter (71-50) and from that point on, there was no counterplay for ASVEL. The deficit reached 23 points in the final period and Monaco escaped triumphantly.
Marcos Knight had 19 points and 9 rebounds for TJ Parker’s squad, which has now slipped its second straight game to fall to an 8-10 record. Dylan Osetkowski followed with 15 points and Elie Okobo posted 10 points and 5 assists.
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