


Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse took the lead in the first quarter of its game against U-BT Cluj-Napoca and then led the rest of the way, going on to win 79-88 at BTarena on Wednesday evening. Bourg improved to 7-3 with the victory, giving it a one-game lead at the top of the Group A standings in the 7DAYS EuroCup, while Cluj dropped to 3-7.
Jordan Floyd scored a team-high 16 points for Bourg, who also had Isiaha Mike and James Palmer contribute 12 points apiece. Frantz Massenat had 11 points, too. For Cluj, Patrick Richard finished with a game-high 20 points in the loss. The hosts also saw Leonardo Meindl, Andrija Stipanovic and Nemanja Gordic get into double figures with 17, 14 and 10 points, respectively.
Although Cluj got out to an early lead, Bourg stayed calm and soon turned things around in the latter stages of the first quarter, opening an 11-12 advantage late in the period. From there, Bourg never let its lead slip. Despite some impressive play by Cluj trio Patrick Richard, Leonardo Meindl and Emanuel Cate, who combined for 28 of Cluj's 35 points in the first half, Bourg was able to lead 35-38 at the break after having six players score 4 points or more, as Jordan Floyd led the way with 11. Cluj did all that it could to eat into that deficit, but Bourg was able to keep the hosts at arm's length, outscoring them 18-20 in the third quarter to enter the fourth quarter up 53-58. It was a similar story in the fourth, too, as the likes of Mike, Palmer and Massenat took over en route to a comfortable 79-88 victory.