Roanne – Monaco: 75-80

In the middle of his insane schedule (victory over Panathinaikos on Thursday for his Euroleague debut, matches against Le Mans, Kazan, Levallois, Real, Barça and Dijon in the next two weeks), the trip to Roanne looked like a sweetness for Monaco. Moreover, Zvezdan Mitrovic had put his two stars (James and Motiejiunas) to rest and Clément Cavallo, the Roanne captain, recognized him: “Everyone’s losing us by thirty points or more. “

But the Choir did better than expected, despite a difficult start (25-39, 15th), and worried the Roca Team until the fight. Athletic devil in defense, she patiently nibbled on her delay, helped by the beautiful first of Loren Jackson (15 points, 10 assists) and the expulsion of Léo Westermann just before half-time. Ronald March equalized two minutes from time (71-71) but Rob Gray (21 points) saved the day in Monaco with a decisive interception at the entrance of the last minute.

Strasbourg – Cholet: 73-74

Cholet created a big surprise by winning Rhenus on a basket Clutch by Dominic Artis seven seconds from the end (see below). An almost logical outcome at the end of a match that the Sig, deprived of Jarell Eddie (back pain), has never mastered even if it could have won on a last tap missed by Matt Mitchell. Yoan Makoundou (19 points, 10 rebounds), who took over in the second half from American DJ Hogg (16 points at the break, 0 after).

Le Mans – Boulogne-Levallois: 83-65

The MSB did not give a gift to its former coach Vincent Collet, who was in charge of his first official match at the head of Boulogne-Levallois. The Sarthois were in the lead against a harmless three-point team (1/14), with a Jordan McRae out of the shot (10 points at 4/18), and who also did not have control of the rebound. (31 prices to 47). Opposite, Scott Bamforth was all good shots (18 points, 8 assists, +35 at +/-). The Metropolitans do not have much time to get their heads right as they host Monaco on Tuesday.

Pau-Lacq-Orthez – Bourg-en-Bresse: 71-79

Unlike Vincent Collet, Laurent Legname made a success of his debut with Bourg since the JL was won in Pau after a match with twists and turns. The Bressans had taken the advantage by passing a 16-3 to start the second quarter (23-35, 16th). But Elan Béarnais returned to the front before cracking at the end of the game, despite 22 points from Brandon Jefferson, against the success of the visitors (10/21 to 3 points). On the Pau side, for the first under the American flag, the French players scored only seven points (5 for Oniange, 2 for Ayayi, 0 for Leloup).