By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
TJ Shorts scored 20 points and dished out six assists as Paris Basketball defeated Dijon 93 – 78 to advance to the French Cup semifinals.
Colin Malcolm added 15 points and six rebounds for a Paris that was particularly strong in the third quarter. After going up 46 – 41 at halftime, Tiago Splitter’s players raised the level of their performance on both ends to get ahead 71 – 57 and then lead 77 – 60 early in the fourth period.
Dijon was unable to come back from that deficit. Christian Sengfelder led the team with 19 points.
A bit earlier, ASVEL Villeurbane shut down Saint Quentin 76 – 54 to punch their quarterfinals ticket behind 15 points by Ben Bentil. They will face AS Monaco in the semis.