The French side notched its fourth successive EuroCup victory in as many games
Rampant Bourg bullied Lietkabelis all over to maintain 100% record
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-BresseJLB
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse steamrolled to an emphatic 93-65 home win over Lietkabelis Panevezys and improved to 4-0 in the BKT EuroCup Group B after dominating in all departments of a lop-sided contest with the Lithuanian outfit.
Bourg thus reclaimed the bragging rights over Lietkabelis, as it now leads 4-3 in the overall meetings between the two sides, neither of which has been able to grind out a road win against the other.
The early stages of the game did not suggest that Bourg would run riot as Lietkabelis stood its ground in the first quarter, which finished with the teams tied 15-15 in the wake of a physical battle with defenses dominating.
However, Bourg pulled away in the second as Antony Labanca caught fire and scored 15 of his game-high 18 points in the first half, nailing 5-of-6 three-pointers to engineer a 47-31 lead for the home team at the interval.
There was only going to be one outcome from there on, as player of the game Yvann Mbaya toyed with his opponents to finish on 12 points and 5 boards, with Darius McGhee matching the big man’s scoring tally. Assemian Moulare added 13 points and garnished his sound all-round performance with a spectacular fourth quarter slam-dunk, when he left his marker for dead at the halfway line and then ripped through the paint to bend the rim with a vicious one-hander.
Will McDowell-White chipped in with 11 points to underline a smooth team effort, as Bourg sank an impressive 16 three-pointers from 30 attempts and racked up 35 boards. The hosts also dished out 21 assists against just 7 turnovers, having also managed 9 steals to leave Lietkabelis trailing in its wake.
“We stayed together and that’s it,” a delighted Mbaya said in his post-game comments. “When we do that, we are able to beat any team. When the fans are like that we can defeat just about anyone and we want to keep up the good work.”
Lietkabelis, which dropped to 1-3, always had a mountain to climb and among the four players who finished in double digits, Augustine Rubit stood out with 16 points. That, however, was not enough to keep Bourg at bay as the visitors managed a mere 8 of 23 from downtown and completed a mere 10 assists against 15 turnovers, a testament to Bourg’s ironclad defense and relentless hustle.
The home team’s head coach Frederic Fauthoux was also purring with delight after seeing his team rip Lietkabelis apart. “It’s a good win, we played very good defense,” he said “We excelled in our transition game and I am very happy for the victory but now we have to continue like this. Up next is Besiktas GAIN Istanbul on the road and they are probably the group favorites, perhaps the competition’s favorites.”
There is little doubt that Fauthoux will drum into his players’ heads that they need to keep their feet firmly on the ground as the Group B leader locks horns with second-placed Besiktas in what promises to be an enthralling top-of-the-table clash in Round 5.
