French League, game 6: November 7-8, 2009
Ricardo Greer - SLUC NancyCholet Basket keeps leading the French League standings with a 5-1 record, with Le Mans right behind at 4-1. Cholet edged Dijon 71-78 on the road on Friday behind 17 points from John Linehan. Antywane Robinson added 13 while Claude Marquis had 12 for Cholet, that led 59-70 midway through the fourth quarter and did not find much trouble to add an important win. Le Mans survived a tough test by topping Paris-Levallois on the road on Saturday. JP Batista paced the winners with 20 points. Guillaume Yango and Zack Wright each had 12 while Thierry Rupert had 10 for Le Mans, that overcame a four-point halftime deficit to get a 42-48 edge after 30 minutes. An unstoppable Batista sealed the outcome with 4 minutes left. Nancy improved to 4-2 by thrashing Rouen 90-73 at home also on Saturday. Kaniel Dickens led the winners with 28 points. Steed Tchicamboud added 22, Akin Akingbala posted a monster double-double of 14 points and 21 rebounds, Ricardo Greer registered a triple-double - 14 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists - while Lesly Bengaber got 11 points for Nancy, that led 31-15 after 10 minutes and kept full control of the game until the final buzzer. Asvel dropped to 2-4 due to a 71-64 road loss against Gravelines. Ben Woodside led the winners with 20 points. Victor Samnick had 17 points for Asvel while Ali Traore added 14. Orleans went down to 3-2 because of a 80-88 home loss against Hyeres-Toulon. Thomas Terrell led the winners with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Justin Doellman had 18 points for Orleans, Cedrick Banks 17, Aldo Curti 11 and Ryvon Covile 10. Orleans trailed 60-72 with 8 minutes to go and never recovered.


LAST GAME GAME 6
November 6-8, 2009
Day Match Result
Nov. 6 Dijon vs. Cholet 71-78
Nov. 7 Gravelines vs.Asvel Basket 71-64
Nov. 7 Poitiers vs. Le Havre 73-67
Nov. 7 Nancy vs. Rouen 90-73
Nov. 7 Paris-Levallois vs. Le Mans 61-75
Nov. 7 Roanne vs. Vichy 97-69
Nov. 7 Strasbourg vs. C./Saone 105-90
Nov. 8 Orléans vs. Hyères-Toulon 80-88
NEXT GAME GAME 7
November 13-14, 2009
Day Match
Nov. 13 Le Mans vs.Chalon/Saone
Nov. 13 Le Havre vs. Nancy
Nov. 14 Rouen vs. Poitiers
Nov. 14 Hyères-T. vs. Gravelines
Nov. 14 Cholet vs. Strasbourg
Nov. 14 Vichy vs. Dijon
Nov. 14 Roanne vs. Orléans
Nov. 14 Asvel vs. Paris-Levallois


STANDINGS TG W L P+ P-
1 Cholet 6 5 1 438 411
2 BCM Gravelines 6 4 2 446 434
3 Dijon 6 4 2 504 497
4 Hyeres Toulon 6 4 2 502 488
5 Roanne 6 4 2 499 467
6 Nancy 6 4 2 466 431
7 Le Mans 5 4 1 381 348
8 Le Havre 6 3 3 455 475
9 Paris-Levallois 6 3 3 461 453
10 Poitiers 6 3 3 435 444
11 Orléans 5 3 2 384 375
12 Asvel Basket 6 2 4 424 420
13 Strasbourg 6 2 4 472 490
14 Chalon/Saone 6 1 5 492 518
15 Vichy 6 1 5 429 457
16 Rouen 6 0 6 409 489

Sunday, November 08, 2009
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