La Meilleraie celebrated with its players this Saturday evening, after the benchmark victory obtained against Paris (90-80), which allowed Cholet to confirm its good start to the season. With one match in hand, the Choletais join Gravelines-Dunkerque in first place, which hosts JL Bourg on Sunday (4:30 p.m.), but also Saint-Quentin and Asvel opposed in Picardy (7 p.m.).
Relying on their defense and an excellent team, without a star but with six players between 10 and 18 points, Fabrice Lefrançois’ players started and finished with their feet on the floor (13-2 to start, 14-4 between the 37th and the 39th) to bring the Parisian attack into line (94 points on average so far). Cholet leader TJ Campbell finished as the top scorer of the match (18 points). Two days after its success in Monaco in the Euroleague, Paris suffered a slight setback after four victories in a row in the Championship.
Monaco, for its part, wandered into Nancy (98-77). After leaving the first quarter to their host (17-21), the Rocher players seriously accelerated in the second quarter (30-13) and continued to widen the gap after the break to finish in control. Ultra-complete, Elie Okobo led the Roca Team with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. On the Nancy side, Shevon Thompson (22 points, 9 rebounds) shone in vain.
