By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Dominic Artis scored all his 20 points in the second half and Cholet got the 91-89 win over ASVEL Lyon-Villerbanne in the biggest upset of the French Betclic Elite first round.
In his first game in the French league after 2009, Nando De Colo had 21 points for the losing side, playing against the team in which he was formed as a player. TJ Parker’s team (photo) had a 42-36 lead at halftime, and the hosts managed to turn things around and close the game the right way.
Victor Wembanyama’s team also lost its first game, but he had a solid performance, while Jordan Floyd with 41 points stole the show in the close 102-99 overtime win of Bourg-en-Bresse against Paris.
ProA Betclic Elite – Round 1
Roanne – Blois 90-94
Gravelines-Dunkerque – Boulogne-Levallois 85-73
Dijon – Le Portel 87-76
Pau-Lacq-Orthez – Strasbourg 83-80
Nanterre – Monaco 75-78
Nancy – Limoges 87-78
Le Mans – Fos-sur-Mer 101-83
Bourg-en-Bresse – Paris 102 – 99 (OT)
Cholet – Lyon-Villeurbanne 91-89