However, the match started very badly. Trailing by 11 points at the end of the first quarter (25-14), Le Mans gradually returned to the game to finally win on Wednesday evening in Peristeri, in the western suburbs of Athens. With three victories in five matches, the Sarthe club finds itself well placed in its group A and can hope to qualify at the end of the last day of the Champions League, December 19. But it was hard !
It was especially in the last quarter, when they were still trailing by 3 points at the end of the third (58-55), that the Manceaux pulled away to give the Greeks a +11 in turn ( 31-20) and finally won 86-78. Special mentions to Americans Matt Lewis and DeVante Jones, respectively authors of 22 (including a 4/4 3-pointer) and 20 points.
