French League, Regular Season, Game 7: November 18-19, 2011 - France

May 24, 2013

French League, Regular Season, Game 7: November 18-19, 2011

Joao Paulo Batista - Le Mans (photo David Piolé - Msb.fr)_30972

SLUC Nancy suffered its first defeat of the French League season by falling to Le Mans 80-78. The loss gave Nancy a 6-1 record and dropped it into a tie for first place in the French League with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, which crushed Hyeres-Toulon 106-57. Cholet downed Le Havre 90-77 and Asvel Basket rolled over Chalon 86-63. Le Mans got the better of Nancy behind Marcellus Sommerville and JP Batista, who nailed 15 points apiece. Nancy’s Nicolas Batum tied the score at 78-78 with a minute left in the game, but Batista hit 2 free throws and then Alex Acker stole the last ball from the hands of John Linehan to seal the victory. Taylor Rochestie added 12 points and 10 assists for Le Mans, while Nicolas Batum had 24 points with 9 boards and Akin Akingabala added 16 points for Nancy. Gravelines-Dunkerque dominated Hyeres-Toulon 106-57 with six players scoring in double figures. Juby Johnson and Dounia Issa nailed 14 points apiece, Pape Sy, Rudy Jomby and Xavier Silas bagged 13 each, and JK Edwards had 10. The hosts led 52-29 at halftime, then piled on a 24-8 run in the third quarter to further widen the lead. Cholet Basket took a 90-77 win over Le Havre, thanks to a strong final quarter, to take a 4-3 record. Fabien Causeur led the way with 17 points, DeMarcus Nelson nailed 15, Demetris Nichols added 14 and Randal Falker chipped in 12, while Brian Boddicler had 30 for the losers. Asvel improved its record to 3-4 by downing Chalon 86-63 sparked by a 34-13 third quarter to ice the game. Tony Parker contributed 20 points and 8 assists, Ronny Turiaf added 15 points and 8 rebounds, Dijon Thompson drained 13 and Hilton Armstrong 10. Blake Schilb posted 24 for the losers. In other games, Eric Chatfield scored 33 points to help Paris-Levallois to edge out Orleans 79-76, while Choral Roanne rolled over Dijon 80-58 behind 20 points from Andre Barrett. Strasbourg eked out 78-79 victory on the road against Poitiers, led by Evan Fournier’s 23 points, and Pau-Orthez beat Nanterre 89-84.

LAST GAME GAME 7 November 18-19, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Nov. 18	Paris-Levallois vs. Orléans	79-76
Nov. 18	Asvel B. vs. Chalon/Saône	86-63
Nov. 19	Cholet vs. Le Havre	90-77
Nov. 19	Gravelines vs. Hyeres-To.	106-57
Nov. 19	Pau Orthez vs. Nanterre	89-84
Nov. 19	Poitiers vs. Strasbourg	78-79
Nov. 19	Roanne vs. Dijon	80-58
Nov. 19	Le Mans vs. Nancy	80-78

NEXT GAME GAME 8 November 25-26, 2011
Day	Match
Nov. 25	Orléans vs. Roanne
Nov. 26	Chalon/Saône vs. Paris-L.
Nov. 26	Le Havre vs. Hyeres-To.
Nov. 26	Le Mans vs. Poitiers
Nov. 26	Dijon vs. Pau Orthez
Nov. 26	Strasbourg vs. Asvel B.
Nov. 26	Nanterre vs. Gravelines
Nov. 26	Nancy vs. Cholet

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Gravelines-Dunkerque	7	6	1	579	447
2	Nancy	7	6	1	556	483
3	Paris-Levallois	7	5	2	580	565
4	Le Mans	7	5	2	561	549
5	Chalon/Saône	7	5	2	551	547
6	Roanne	7	4	3	592	577
7	Strasbourg	7	4	3	525	521
8	Cholet	7	4	3	569	551
9	Orléans	7	3	4	532	505
10	Asvel Basket	7	3	4	530	526
11	Poitiers	7	2	5	506	517
12	Dijon	7	2	5	481	508
13	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	7	2	5	540	617
14	Nanterre	7	2	5	542	583
15	Le Havre	7	2	5	542	581
16	Hyeres-Toulon	7	1	6	574	683