By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne overpowered AS Monaco, 88-71, in Astroballe on Sunday evening.
Paving the way for a 3-0 start in France’s Betclic Elite Regular Season, 33-year-old center Joffrey Lauvergne ended up with 20 points. Theo Maledon threw in 15 points. Adding to the list of double-digit scorers, Paris Lee and Edwin Jackson followed with 11 and ten points, respectively.
On the wrong end of the Round 3 affair, Alpha Diallo scored 13 points. Besides Nick Calathes (knee) and Furkan Korkmaz (leg) on the injury list, fellow leading player and reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP, Mike James was sidelined as well due to back pain.
Putting an end to a ten-game losing streak in the head-to-head series opposite La Roca Team stretching across the past two seasons, the team coached by Pierrick Poupet matched Saint-Quentin and Cholet on top of the Betclic Elite standings.
Earlier, Paris defeated La Rochelle, 84-75, in Adidas Arena. An ankle injury sidelined T.J. Shorts II along with Daulton Hommes (leg) and Leon Kratzer. Tyson Ward and Nadir Hifi took over with 16 and 15 points, respectively.
Betclic Elite Round 3
SIG Strasbourg – Le Mans 88-95
Limoges CSP – JDA Dijon 87-73
Nanterre 92 – JL Bourg 61-86
ESSM Le Portel – Elan Chalon 87-81
Cholet – BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque 106-74
Paris – La Rochelle 84-75
Saint-Quentin – SLUC Nancy 104-96
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – AS Monaco 88-71
STANDINGS: LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 3-0, Saint-Quentin 3-0, Cholet 3-0, JL Bourg 2-1, Paris 2-1, Limoges CSP 2-1, BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque 2-1…
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