By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
AS Monaco crushed Elan Chalon 104 – 68 to register its second win over two games through the 2023-24 French League.
Jaron Blossongame scored 17 points, Elie Okobo and Alpha Diallo had 15 points apiece while Petro Cornelie delivered 13 points plus 10 rebounds for Monaco.
Mike James contributed 12 points, four assists plus four rebounds and John Brown dropped 12 points of his own in a very balanced and powerful effort by Monaco, especially on the offensive end. The defending champs were unstoppable from start to finish, never letting their feet off the brake.
Jermaine Love (16 points) and Aleksej Nikolic (11 points, seven assists) scored in double figures for Chalon.
On Saturday, Monaco’s fellow EuroLeague side ASVEL Villeurbanne prevailed over Gravelines Dunkerque 79 – 74 on the road, behind 21 points and seven assists by Nando De Colo.
Betclic Elite Round 2
Strasbourg – Limoges 80 – 87
Saint Quentin- Paris 65 – 81
Roanne – Nancy 107 – 80
Le Mans – Blois 110 – 96
Bourg en Bresse – Boulogne Levallois 94 – 73
Gravelines Dunkerque – Villeurbanne 74 – 79
Nanterre – Le Portel 109 – 88
Dijon – Cholet 60 – 62
Monaco – Elan Chalon 68 – 104