By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After the conclusion of the 2024-25 EuroLeague regular season, AS Monaco and Paris Basketball returned to the French League with victories.
Mike James led a balanced offensive effort for Monaco that beat Saint-Quentin 86 – 72 at home to remain first in the standings.
Alpha Diallo and Jordan Loyd added 15 points apiece for Vassilis Spanoulis’ team. Jerome Robinson led Saint Quentin, now 12-13.
TJ Shorts had 21 points and nine assists to push Paris past JL Bourg en Bresse 98 – 91 after a comeback from down 80 – 70 early in the third quarter.
La Roca Team and Paris improved to 19-5 and 19-6, respectively, one day before LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne went up to 19-6 in France’s Betclic Elite Regular Season.
Wrapping up Round 25 of the LNB on Sunday, the team coached by Pierric Poupet squandered a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter but defeated ESSM Le Portel, 77-74, in Le Chaudron.
Theo Maledon put in 15 points and Andre Roberson produced a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double alongside four assists. Promising upstart Melvin Ajinca added 13 more points. Ben Bentil, Edwin Jackson, Charles Kahudi, Joffrey Lauvergne, and Mbaye Ndiaye remained sidelined.
Betclic Elite Round 25
La Rochelle – Limoges CSP 80-86
JL Bourg – Paris 91-98
AS Monaco – Saint-Quentin 86-72
SIG Strasbourg – JDA Dijon 58-77
Elan Chalon – SLUC Nancy 103-73
Cholet – Nanterre 92 88-78
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque – Le Mans 91-85
ESSM Le Portel – LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 74-77
STANDINGS: LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 19-6, Paris 19-6, Monaco 19-5, Cholet 18-7, JL Bourg 16-9…