French League, Game 20: February 26-27, 2010 - FRANCE

May 20, 2013

French League, Game 20: February 26-27, 2010

Sammy Mejia - Cholet Basket (Photo: cholet-basket.com)

Le Mans leads the French League table with a 16-4 record, with Cholet Basket right behind at 15-5. Le Mans stayed atop the standings despite a 67-75 home loss against Paris on Friday. Lamont Hamilton paced the winners with 19 points. JP Batista also had 19 points to lead Le Mans while Thierry Rupert added 10 for the hosts, that rallied from a double-digit deficit to get within 67-70. Hamilton and Rodney Elliott allowed Paris to seal the outcome. Cholet thrashed Dijon 88-67 at home on Saturday behind 18 points from Sammy Mejia. Mickael Gelabale added 12, John Linehan had 11 while Antywane Robinson had 20 for Cholet, that led 50-38 at halftime, boosted its margin to 73-50 after 30 minutes and never looked back. Nancy improved to 13-7 and ties for third place by downing Rouen 74-93 on the road on Saturday. Steed Tchicamboud paced the winners with 17 points. Marcus Slaughter added 16, John Cox 15, Stephen Brun 14 and Ricardo Greer 13. Nancy rolled after the break to get a 52-68 margin after 30 minutes, enough to keep full control of the game for good. Asvel Basket improved to 9-11 by edging Gravelines 76-70 in Lyon on Saturday. Rawle Marshall led the winners with 20 points. Ali Traore added 12 while Victor Samnick got 10 for Asvel. Three-pointers by Marshall and Mindaugas Lukauskis allowed Asvel to seal the outcome, 69-60, late in the fourth quarter. Orleans moved up to 13-7 by edging Hyeres-Toulon 73-76 on the road on Friday. Cedrick Banks paced the winners with 22 points. Aldo Curti added 17 while Ryvon Covile got 10 for Orleans. A dunk by Tony Dobbins and free throws by Laurent Sciarra allowed Le Mans to seal the outcome, 71-75, in the final seconds. In other games, Roanne edged Vichy 60-63, Le Havre topped Poitiers 66-60 while Chalon thrashed Strasbourg 87-67 behind 27 points from Taj Gray.

LAST GAME GAME 20 February 26-27, 2010
Day	Match	Result
Feb. 26	Le Mans vs. Paris-Lev.	67-75
Feb. 26	Hyeres-Tou. vs. Orléans	73-76
Feb. 26	Chalon/Sa. vs. Strasbourg	87-67
Feb. 27	Asvel B. vs. Gravelines	76-70
Feb. 27	Le Havre vs. Poitiers	66-60
Feb. 27	Rouen vs. Nancy	74-93
Feb. 27	Vichy vs. Roanne	60-63
Feb. 27	Cholet vs. Dijon	88-67

NEXT GAME GAME 21 March 5-6, 2010
Day	Match
Mar. 5	Paris-Lev. vs. Asvel B.
Mar. 6	Poitiers vs. Rouen
Mar. 6	Gravelines vs. Hyeres-To.
Mar. 6	Strasbourg vs. Cholet
Mar. 6	Dijon vs. Vichy
Mar. 6	Orléans vs. Roanne
Mar. 6	Chalon/Saone vs. Le Mans
Mar. 6	Nancy vs. Le Havre

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Le Mans	20	16	4	1569	1418
2	Cholet	20	15	5	1515	1426
3	Nancy	20	13	7	1652	1469
4	BCM Gravelines	20	13	7	1522	1506
5	Orléans	20	13	7	1542	1413
6	Roanne	20	12	8	1540	1554
7	Vichy	20	10	10	1447	1363
8	Paris-Levallois	20	10	10	1596	1564
9	Hyeres Toulon	20	10	10	1613	1605
10	Asvel Basket	20	9	11	1492	1413
11	Le Havre	20	8	12	1462	1603
12	Poitiers	20	8	12	1380	1469
13	Chalon/Saone	20	7	13	1574	1578
14	Strasbourg	20	7	13	1589	1692
15	Rouen	20	5	15	1470	1680
16	Dijon	20	4	16	1484	1694