By Eurohoops Team/ [email protected]
After building a 2-0 lead over FC Barcelona, AS Monaco locked into Round 27 of the Betclic Elite Regular Season and blew out Limoges CSP, 91-52, in Salle Gaston Medecin.
Making 5/6 field goals, including two triples, Giorgos Papagiannis recorded a game-high 14 points. Fellow big Petr Cornelie combined his 11 points with six rebounds, two steals, two assists, and one block. Terry Tarpey emerged as a third double-digit scorer behind 11 points. Lasting 20 minutes, Elie Okobo added nine points, seven assists, and four rebounds.
Nick Calathes, Alpha Diallo, and Daniel Theis sat out for the team coached by Vassilis Spanoulis. Also, Mouhammadou Jaiteh did not play against his former team.
The back-to-back LNB champions went up to 21-5 in the 2024-25 installment of France’s top-tier division.
Following an easy win on Sunday, La Roca Team is heading to Palau Blaugrana. Game 3 of a best-of-five series in the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs will be played on Wednesday.
On Friday, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne beat SLUC Nancy, 92-82. Theo Maledon posted a 23-point, 12-assist double-double, pushing his side to 21-6 in the domestic league.
Betclic Elite Round 27
SIG Strasbourg – La Rochelle 71-63
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – SLUC Nancy 92-82
AS Monaco – Limoges CSP 91-52
Elan Chalon – Nanterre 92 107-84
BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque – Saint-Quentin 91-75
ESSM Le Portel – Cholet 87-80
Le Mans – JL Bourg (29/4)
Paris – JDA Dijon (13/5)
STANDINGS: LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 21-6, AS Monaco 21-5, Paris 20-6, Cholet 19-8, JL Bourg 16-10…
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