By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Focusing on a do-or-die contest in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, AS Monaco dropped a home game in Round 33 of the Betclic Elite Regular Season. Amid a battle to clinch a berth in the 2024 Betclic Elite Playoffs, Cholet punched in a win, 79-66, in Salle Gaston Medecin on Sunday. Neal Sako finished with 15 points and Vojtech Hruban followed packing 14 points. T.J. Campbell chipped in 11 points, 11 assists, five rebounds, and three steals.
Resting most of the rotation before Game 5 of a EuroLeague Playoffs series versus Fenerbahce Beko on Wednesday, Elie Okobo, Jordan Loyd, Jaron Blossomgame, John Brown III, Alpha Diallo, Kemba Walker, Donatas Motiejunas, Terry Tarpey, and Mike James did not suit up. La Roca Team has already secured homecourt advantage in the Playoffs of France’s top-flight division. Setting their sights on reaching the EuroLeague Final Four, the defense of the LNB Pro A championship settles on later checkpoints.
Without Mike Scott, Joffrey Lauvergne, and Nando de Colo, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne took down ESSM Le Portel, 85-70, in Astroballe. Towering center Youssoupha Fall paved the way with 21 points.
Betclic Elite Round 33
Paris – Roanne 90-61
Nanterre 92 – JDA Dijon 67-87
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque – Metropolitans 92 106-76
JL Bourg – SLUC Nancy 103-78
SIG Strasbourg – ADA Blois 80-88
Elan Chalon – Saint-Quentin 97-90 OT (83-83)
AS Monaco – Cholet 66-79
Le Mans – Limoges CSP 101-75
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – ESSM Le Portel 85-70
STANDINGS: AS Monaco 28-5, Paris 26-7, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 24-9, JL Bourg 24-9, Nanterre 92 19-14…
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