French League playoffs, quarterfinals, Game 1: May 22-23, 2009 - FRANCE

May 21, 2013

French League playoffs, quarterfinals, Game 1: May 22-23, 2009

The French League playoffs finally got underway over the weekend with the four higher seeded teams all winning on the road. The second games of the best-of-three series are set for next weekend. Regular season champion Asvel Basket routed Strasbourg 91-68 as Chevy Troutman led six Asvel scorers in double figures with 16. Strasbourg trailed by only 5 at halftime, but Asvel controlled the second half 56-38. Defending champion SLUC Nancy beat Chorale Roanne 97-79 behind another big night from Ricardo Greer, who recorded 18 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. The trio of Dewarick Spencer, Alian Koffi and Bobby Dixon led Le Mans past Gravelines-Dunkerque 76-73 and Cedrick Banks scored 15 as Orleans topped Chalon/Saone 68-64.

Regular season champion Asvel Basket routed Strasbourg 91-68 as Chevy Troutman led six Asvel scorers in double figures with 16. Strasbourg trailed by only 5 at halftime, but Asvel controlled the second half 56-38. Amara Ay and Ali Traore added 13 points apiece for the winners, J.R. Reynolds and Ben Dewar scored 11 each and Nebojsa Bogavac scored 10. Brion Rush paced Strasbourg with 20.

Defending champion SLUC Nancy beat Chorale Roanne 97-79 behind another big night from Ricardo Greer, who recorded 18 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. Nancy outscored Roanne, the previous champion, in each of the first three quarters in mounting a 20-point cushion and costing the rest of the way. Lamayn Wilson also scored 18 for Nancy, Cyril Julian added 12 off the bench and John Cox and Michael Morandais netted 10 each. Uche Nsonwu-Amadi tallied 17 points and 9 rebounds for Roanne and Aaron Harper and Chris Monroe scored 12 apeice.

The trio of Dewarick Spencer, Alian Koffi and Bobby Dixon led Le Mans past Gravelines-Dunkerque 76-73. Spencer scored 21, Koffi scored 18 and grabbed 11 rebounds and Dixon scored 18 and dished 4 assists for Le Mans, which looked strong early and led 49-35 at halftime, but allowed Gravelines to rally before holding on to win. Yannick Bokolo paced Gravelines with 16 points and Russell Carter posted 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Quarterfinals Playoffs, best of 3 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
1	Asvel Basket (1)	91	May 29	*June 3
0	Strasbourg (8)	68	-	-
1	Nancy (4)	97	May 29	*June 3
0	Roanne (5)	79	-	-
1	Orléans (2)	68	May 30	*June 3
0	Chalon/Saone (7)	64	-	-
1	Le Mans (3)	76	May 29	*June 3
0	BCM Gravelines (6)	73	-	-

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Asvel Basket vs. Strasbourg	91-68	May 23
Game 1	Orléans vs. Chalon/Saone	68-64	May 23
Game 1	Le Mans vs. BCM Gravelines	76-73	May 23
Game 1	Nancy vs. Roanne	97-79	May 22
Game 2	Strasbourg vs. Asvel Basket	-	May 29
Game 2	Chalon/Saone vs. Orléans	-	May 30
Game 2	BCM Gravelines vs. Le Mans	-	May 29
Game 2	Roanne vs. Nancy	-	May 29
Game 3	Asvel Basket vs. Strasbourg	-	*June 3
Game 3	Orléans vs. Chalon/Saone	-	*June 3
Game 3	Le Mans vs. BCM Gravelines	-	*June 3
Game 3	Nancy vs. Roanne	-	*June 3