By Eurohoops team /Β info@eurohoops.net
AS Monaco defeated Paris Basketball 92 – 85 on the road in a French League game to bounce back to wins after three straight losses in the EuroLeague, two days after a blowout defeat to Panathinaikos Athens.
Mike James had 19 points, seven assists and five rebounds while hitting a very important triple down the stretch to push his team towards win. Paris had come back from down 66 – 86 halfway through the fourth period but made a major comeback attempt to approach 81 – 86 with 1:53 remaining.
That was when James drained the 3-pointer from the corner to put his team up by eight and then Jordan Loyd added a bucket of his own to push back Paris for good.
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Loyd finished with 17 points while Donta Hall had 16 points and five rebounds for Monaco that remains the team to beat in France, now 17 – 1.
Nadir Hifi finished with 23 points (5-15 3-pointers) for Paris. TJ Shorts scored 19 as their team dropped to 12-6.
On Sunday (14/1), ASVEL Villeurbanne beat Cholet 100 – 95 behind 23 points and six rebounds from Youssoupha Fall, along with 19 points plus seven assists by Paris Lee. Edwin Jackson (10 points) scored the go-ahead bucket from the winning side with 18 seconds remaining.
2023-24 French Jeep Elite League Round 19 Results:
Nanterre – Strasbourg 76 – 68
Saint Quentin – Boulogne Levallois 68 – 82
Chalone/Saone – Dijon 76 – 84
Le Mans – Gravelines Dunkerque 78 – 68
Bourg en Bresse – Le Portel 106 – 74
Paris Basketball – AS Monaco 85Β – 92
ASVEL – Cholet 100 – 95
Limoges – Roanne (Sunday 14/1)
Nancy – Blois (Sunday 14/1)