French League, Regular Season, Game 12: December 23, 2011 - France

May 18, 2013

French League, Regular Season, Game 12: December 23, 2011

Chalon and BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque are joined together atop the French League table with 10-2 records after Friday night wins. SLUC Nancy did not play is third with a 9-2 mark. In a game where the defenses prevailed, Gravelines was able to get a win even though its three-point shooters struggled. Despite a poor 3 for 20 from beyond the arc, Gravelines maintained slim margin in the last quarter to get a 58-67 win behind 19 points from big man Ludovic Vaty, 11 from Andrew Albicy and 10 from Rudy Jomby. Chalon had an easy task to beat Pau Orthez 85-64 after leading 50-38 at halftime and never looking back. Nicolas Lang led the way with 16 points, Steed Tchicamboud had 15 with 5 assists, Malcom Delaney scored 12 and Alade Aminu tallied 11 points with 8 boards. Teddy Gipson posted 16 for Pau. Le Mans and Paris-Levallois are next in the standings with 9-3 records. Le Mans took a huge 73-89 road win over Strasbourg after a perfect first half to lead 23-46 at halftime. Taylor Rochestie showed again to be the leader of the team scoring 17 points, Charles Khaudi and Alex Acker had 16 each and Marcellus Sommerville 11. Paris-Levallois was led by 26 points from Eric Chatfield and 24 by Lamont Hamilton to beat Nanterre 86-79. Asvel Basket never looked back in beating Poitiers 82-67 after leading 26-12 at the end of the first quarter. Edwin Jackson had 18 points, Leo Westermann 15 with 6 assists and Dijon Thompson 11. Asvel has now a 6-6 record. Cholet Basket suffered a huge 71-88 home defeat to Dijon. Zach Moss had 24 points for the winners and David Melody added 14, while Eurocup Week-6 MVP Fabien Causeur posted 20 for the home team. And Orleans trashed Hyeres-Toulon 95-73 as Amara Sy bagged 24 and Brian Greene 14, while Rick Hughes led the visitors with 23 points.

LAST GAME GAME 12 December 23, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Dec. 23	Paris-Lev. vs. Nanterre	86-79
Dec. 23	Asvel Basket vs. Poitiers	82-67
Dec. 23	Chalon/S. vs. Pau Orthez	85-64
Dec. 23	Cholet vs. Dijon	71-88
Dec. 23	Le Havre vs. Gravelines	58-67
Dec. 23	Orléans vs. Hyeres-Toulon	95-73
Dec. 23	Strasbourg vs. Le Mans	73-89
Jan. 7	Nancy vs. Roanne	0-0

NEXT GAME GAME 13 December 27, 2011
Day	Match
Dec. 27	Gravelines vs. Strasbourg
Dec. 27	Hyeres-Toulon vs. Nancy
Dec. 27	Le Mans vs. Paris-Lev.
Dec. 27	Dijon vs. Orléans
Dec. 27	Poitiers vs. Cholet
Dec. 27	Nanterre vs. Le Havre
Dec. 27	Pau Orthez vs. Asvel B.
Dec. 27	Roanne vs. Chalon/Saône

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Gravelines-Dunkerque	12	10	2	984	782
2	Chalon/Saône	12	10	2	963	894
3	Le Mans	12	9	3	1003	957
4	Paris-Levallois	12	9	3	990	951
5	Nancy	11	9	2	864	781
6	Orléans	12	7	5	917	851
7	Dijon	12	6	6	859	863
8	Asvel Basket	12	6	6	931	915
9	Roanne	11	6	5	872	880
10	Strasbourg	12	5	7	927	925
11	Nanterre	12	4	8	972	1017
12	Cholet	12	4	8	956	984
13	Le Havre	12	3	9	939	969
14	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	12	3	9	897	1038
15	Hyeres-Toulon	12	2	10	981	1164
16	Poitiers	12	2	10	875	959