By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
After rallying from a 19-point deficit to force overtime, Paris scored the last 12 points of the extra period to complete the comeback and take down AS Monaco, 111-104, in Adidas Arena.
The team coached by Tiago Splitter trailed by five points midway through overtime before taking over down the stretch of the exciting Betclic Regular Season contest. Jumping to 9-2, one game ahead of fellow Turkish Airlines EuroLeague outfit LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, combined with pushing the La Roca Team to 6-4.
Nadir Hifi tallied a team-high 26 points for the team based in the capital of France. Tyson Ward added 22 points and T.J. Shorts II posted an 18-point, 11-assist double-double. Leon Kratzer and Maodo Lo joined Daulton Hommes on the sidelines.
On the losing end, Elie Okobo put up a game-high 27 points. Alpha Diallo was unavailable for head coach Vassilis Spanoulis, in addition to the members of the injury list, Nick Calathes, Mouhammadou Jaiteh, and Furkan Korkmaz.
Earlier Round 11 action in Astroballe featured ASVEL slamming Limoges CSP, 84-69. Paris Lee and Theo Maledon contributed 16 and 14 points, respectively. Edwin Jackson and Charles Kahudi were out.
In Salle Gaston Neveur, Chris Babb scored 32 points with 7/11 field goals, including 6/6 from beyond the arc, lifting BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque over La Rochelle, 88-76.
LNB leader Cholet went up to 9-1 on Saturday, after taking down SIG Strasbourg, 94-83, in Rhenus Sport.
Betclic Elite Round 11
Nanterre 92 – SLUC Nancy 97-75
Elan Chalon – Saint-Quentin 91-63
SIG Strasbourg – Cholet 83-94
JL Bourg – Le Mans 94-87
ESSM Le Portel – JDA Dijon 74-86
La Rochelle – BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque 76-88
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – Limoges CSP 84-69
Paris – AS Monaco 111-104 OT (92-92)
STANDINGS: Cholet 9-1, Paris 9-2, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 8-3, JL Bourg 7-4, AS Monaco 6-4…
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