Basketball – Elite: The Boulogne-Levallois leader stretches his streak, Le Mans on the podium

Boulogne-Levallois holds its basket of twelve pieces for Christmas. The Metropolitans stacked Thursday a twelfth success in a row – after 13 days of the championship – against Bourg-en-Bresse (71-68), or three more in total than their new pursuer Le Mans, winner at Roanne (72- 84).

The leader has assumed his status

Boulogne-Levallois inflicted a 14-0 to the Bressans at the end of the third quarter to take control and even break away (57-49) before the last period. Vincent Collet’s team had no doubts when Bourg-en-Bresse shook the entry leader, led by a sensational start from his American home JaCorey Williams (16 points and 4 rebounds in the only first quarter) .

The Metropolitans have taken on the growing status of a club to be beaten as their series continues and assert themselves as candidates for the title, on par with the superpowers Villeurbanne and Monaco. Vincent Collet’s former club – which he led to a national coronation – Le Mans has given him a place on the podium for Christmas. At the end of a close game, the MSB made the difference in the last period, especially thanks to two shots behind the line of its young leader Matthieu Gauzin (8 pts).

The MSB passes in front of the SIG

The Sarthois overtake Strasbourg, fallen in Dijon (97-88 AD) on an XXL performance from Khadeen Carrington (28 points). The former Monaco full-back snatched overtime for the JDA with a three-point imbalance five seconds from the buzzer.

With one more contested match, Pau-Orthez joined the SIG in the number of victories (8) thanks to a success at Gravelines-Dunkerque (95-90). An unbridled match at Sportica, which saw Elan Béarnais take 35 points in the first ten minutes (35-18).

At the bottom of the ranking, Châlons-Reims pushed the red lantern Cholet (89-80) and Paris Basket left the red zone by dominating Orléans (93-75) thanks to Ismaël Kamagaté. The 20-year-old inside, followed in the NBA, signed a double double (17 points, 10 rebounds), his third of the season in Elite.