Paris Basketball grabbed its third consecutive victory in Group B by topping Slask Wroclaw 69-77 at Centennial Hall on Wednesday. In doing so, Paris improved to 5-2 in the standings and became the first team to win four road games this season.
Paris remains perfect on the road with 69-77 win at Slask
Kyle Allman led the winners with 26 points and 6 assists. Amar Gegic added 17 points, Axel Toupane scored 11 and Ismael Kamagate 10 for Paris. Toupane added 11 rebounds for a double-double. Ivan Ramljak had 12 points for Slask, which dropped to 0-7 and remained the only winless team in the competition. Lukasz Kolenda, Aleksander Dziewa and Conor Morgan each added 10 for the hosts.
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Kamagate had 4 points in a 0-7 opening run. Slask found a go-to guy in Dziewa, who brought the hosts within 10-11. Kamagate got help from Gegic and Aamir Simms to boost Paris's lead to 16-24 after 10 minutes. Gegic capped a 1-12 run with a bomb from downtown that broke the game open, 17-33, early in the second quarter. Ramljak and Kodi Justice got Slask closer, 33-45, at halftime.
Morgan struck from downtown to give Slask hope, 38-45, soon after the break. Paris found a go-to guy in Allman, who buried 3 three-pointers, and got help from Gagic and Simms to make it 52-70 after 30 minutes. Justin Bibbs and Kolenda brought Slask within 65-72 with over 3 minutes left but Allman stepped up again to make sure Paris captured a well-deserved win.