French League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 16-17, 2012 - France

June 19, 2013

French League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 16-17, 2012

JR Reynolds - BCM Gravelines (Photo: BC Donetsk)

BCM Gravelines broke the tie atop the French League by downing Dijon 79-55 and putting the pressure on Chalon-sur-Saone to keep pace by beating Roanne in a game that was postponed to March 24. Gravelines had no trouble against Dijon, going out front 47-26 at halftime and maintaining the lead to lift their record to 19-3. Ludovic Vaty led the way with 14 points, Yannick Bokolo and J.R. Reynolds bagged 13 apiece and Pape Sy added 10. Orleans outdueled Le Havre 72-79 to gain sole possession of third place with 15-7 record. The winners led 51-62 at the end of the third quarter and fended off a comeback attempt behind Maleye Ndoye’s 16 points. Le Mans moved into fourth place with a 73-84 victory over Asvel Basket 73-84, raising its record to 14-8. A 27-14 third quarter secured the game for Le Mans, which got 17 points from Alex Acker. Strasbourg took out SLUC Nancy 82-73 as Ricardo Greer tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Pape Philippe Amagou had 15 points in a losing effort, as Nancy entered a tie with Le Mans at 14-8. Cholet Basket reached an 11-11 record, scoring a come-from-behind win against Nanterre 68-77. The home team led 55-41 at the end of the third quarter, but Cholet scored 36 points in the final 10 minutes to go out front. DeMarcus Nelson posted 18 points for the winners, Randal Falker had 15 while Robert Dozier and Patrick Christopher netted 14 each. Poitiers rolled over Pau-Lacq-Orthez 85-76 as Rasheed Wright drained 26 points.

LAST GAME GAME 22 March 16-17, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 16	Asvel Basket vs. Le Mans	73-84
Mar. 17	Le Havre vs. Orléans	72-79
Mar. 17	Poitiers vs. Pau-Orthez	85-76
Mar. 17	Nanterre vs. Cholet	68-77
Mar. 17	BCM Gravelines vs. Dijon	79-55
Mar. 17	Strasbourg vs. Nancy	82-73
Mar. 27	Hyeres-Toulon vs. Roanne	0-0
Mar. 27	Paris-Levallois vs. Chalon/Saône	0-0

NEXT GAME GAME 23 March 23-24, 2012
Day	Match
Mar. 23	Asvel Basket vs. Nanterre
Mar. 23	Orléans vs. BCM Gravelines
Mar. 24	Cholet vs. Poitiers
Mar. 24	Le Mans vs. Strasbourg
Mar. 24	Dijon vs. Paris-Levallois
Mar. 24	Nancy vs. Hyeres-Toulon
Mar. 24	Pau-Orthez vs. Le Havre
Mar. 24	Chalon/Saône vs. Roanne

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Gravelines-Dunkerque	22	19	3	1736	1422
2	Chalon/Saône	21	18	3	1712	1534
3	Orléans	22	15	7	1684	1574
4	Nancy	22	14	8	1772	1674
5	Le Mans	22	14	8	1833	1768
6	Paris-Levallois	21	14	7	1735	1704
7	Cholet	22	11	11	1736	1686
8	Asvel Basket	22	10	12	1661	1670
9	Dijon	22	10	12	1530	1546
10	Strasbourg	22	10	12	1684	1637
11	Roanne	21	10	11	1587	1617
12	Nanterre	22	8	14	1727	1781
13	Poitiers	22	7	15	1602	1702
14	Le Havre	22	6	16	1677	1725
15	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	22	6	16	1654	1872
16	Hyeres-Toulon	21	2	19	1601	2019