Monaco sweeps Dijon to advance to French League Finals

2019-06-06T23:48:09+00:00 2019-06-06T23:53:31+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

06/Jun/19 23:48

Eurohoops.net

Monaco will play in the French League Finals for the second year in a row.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Monaco beat Dijon 81 – 78 on the road in Game 3 of the French Jeep Elite League semifinals to sweep the best-of-five series and advance to the Finals.

Lazeric Jones hit the go-ahead 3-pointer which was proven to be the game-winner with 56 seconds remaining. Axel Julien missed his game-tying attempt and Monaco extended the last possession thanks to an offensive rebound.

Jones finished with 13 points. Yakuba Ouattara scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds while Elmedin Kikanovic dropped 15 points as well for the winning squad. Dee Bost had 14 points and Sergii Gladyr 13.

David Holston scored 17 points and Tarence Kinsey 13 for Dijon.

Monaco will face the winner of the ASVEL – Nanterre series. ASVEL leads 2-0.

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