By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
TJ Shorts scored 23 points and dished out 8 assists as Paris Basketball beat JL Bourg 91 – 90 to advance to the French Cup Final for the first time in the history of the club.
Paris will face the winner of the AS Monaco – Le Mans semifinal in the title game that will take place April 26 in Accor arena.
Nadir Hifi added 17 points and Mathis Dossou-Yovo dropped 15 points for a Paris team that had a red-hot 32-24 start and closed halftime up 51 – 46. Tiago Splitter’s players were particularly dominant in the third quarter to take a 76 – 59 advantage with 10 minutes to play.
Bourg managed to cut that deficit to 86 – 80 with 4:48 remaining but Paris responded with a 6 – 0 run and stayed out of reach for the remainder of the game.
Jean Marc Bansa led Bourg with 22 points and seven rebounds. Jordan Usher scored 16 and Tai Webster notched 15 points plus eight assists.