Elite basketball – Victor Wembanyama still guides the Mets, Le Mans puts pressure on Monaco

Le Mans, winner on Saturday of Roanne (100-75), came back up to the leader of the Elite, Monaco, before his trip to Strasbourg on Sunday (6:00 p.m.). With six successes, the MSB and the ASM have one more than Boulogne-Levallois, the team of Victor Wembanyama, who won in extra time at Bourg-en-Bresse (95-91) during this 7th day .

Author of a double double (23 points, 10 rebounds), the great hope of French basketball, announced as the No. 1 choice of the next NBA draft, once again carried the Metropolitans 92. His fourth against of the match , on the eve of the last minute of overtime, tipped the meeting on the side of the Mets by offering them a possession with a four-point lead (89-85) in a packed Ekinox room.

Despite the absence of its captain and vice-champion of Europe with the Blues Terry Tarpey, injured in the right hand, Le Mans continues its journey. The American winger Tres Tinkle, recruited this summer by the MSB, was the maestro of Le Mans (23 points at 60%) against the Chorale. His compatriot in the lead Matt Morgan, the current top scorer in the Championship, was also valuable (22 points).

Cholet sinks Paris

With five victories on the clock and just one defeat against Le Mans, Cholet smashed Paris Basketball (75-66) which has a record of one victory and six losses. Relegation at the beginning of 2022 having finally hung the play-offs at the end of last season, the former club of Rudy Gobert continues on this momentum. With 21 points and 6 assists from their American leader Jayvon Graves, Limoges punished the promoted Blois (95-68).

As for its great rival, Elan Béarnais, it folded at home against Portel (89-84). Fifteenth, he will fight for his maintenance with his workforce reduced to a trickle after the threat of administrative relegation having hovered all summer.