C.J. Harris sank a jumper with 3 seconds remaining to lift Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse to a thrilling 78-76 victory over Gran Canaria on Thursday at Ekinox in a makeup game from Round 13.
Bourg edged Gran Canaria in a thriller



The thriller featured eight lead changes and three ties in the fourth quarter alone. The hosts trailed by as many as 13 in the first half before turning things around in the third quarter and surviving at the end of the fourth. Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points and dished 6 assists to lead Bourg, which won for the third time in four games to improve to 5-8. JaCorey Williams added 12 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. Dylan Ennis paced Gran Canaria with 18 points, John Shurna collected 10 points and Andrew Albicy dished 9 assists in defeat. The loss dropped Gran Canaria’s record to 9-4 and denied the visitors a chance to advance to the knock-out stages.
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Nicolas Brussino started things with a triple for Gran Canaria before Jalen Jones got the hosts on the scoreboard with free throws. The visitors heated up to build a 2-9 lead. Artem Pustovyi and Chris Kramer each scored twice as the lead continued to swell. Back-to-back threes by Sulaimon brought Bourg within striking distance. After a timeout, threes started to fall. First Axel Julien connected from deep to give Bourg its first lead, 16-15. Then Albicy, Sulaimon, Javi Lopez, Jones and Lopez again all connected from deep. Lopez ended the run of threes with a pair of free throws to make it 22-26 after 10 minutes.
Jones opened the second quarter with a long jumper and Ennis scored from mid-range for Gran Canaria. Ennis heated up in extending the lead and Shurna’s steal and slam made it 26-35, prompting a Bourg timeout. Miquel Salvo’s three from the corner gave the visitors their first double-digit lead, 29-40, midway through the second quarter. The Gran Canaria offense continued to shine with Ennis and Albicy racking up pretty assists. Shurna drained a three from the corner for a 34-47 advantage. Williams and Hugo Benitez cut into the deficit as Bourg scored the next 6 points. Oliver Stevic’s put-back-and-one made it 40-50 at the break.
Julien and Brussino swapped threes in the first minute of the second half. Sulaimon pulled up from deep and buried a jumper, while Pustovyi took a seat with 4 fouls. Maxime Roos’s put-back slam and Williams’s layup completed Bourg’s comeback, 54-53. Khalifa Diop ended the Gran Canaria drought with a layup. Soon Ennis knocked down a triple, however, Pierre Pelos tied it with a jumper and buried a go-ahead three-pointer that made it 61-59 through three quarters.
Ennis opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer before Pelos and Stevic traded shots. The lead changed hands again on a layup by Benitez and free throws by Salvo. Alexandre Chassang’s first points came from a triple that pushed the hosts ahead 68-66. The teams continued to trade blows and it was tied at 72-72 with 5 minutes left after a three by Shurna. A jumper and floater by Sulaimon, with a block by Jones and in between, put the hosts in charge. Shurna’s jumper made it 76-75 with 50 seconds remaining and then Ennis split free throws with 22.5 seconds on the clock to tie it. Bourg gave the ball to Harris, who got a switch against Stevic and sank a jumper with 3 seconds remaining. Gran Canaria got the ball to Ennis, who missed at the buzzer and Bourg won the game.









































































































