Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse ended a two-game losing skid
Energetic Bourg finds form at perfect time as it routs Ulm
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse seems to have found its form just at the right time as it dominated a motivated ratiopharm ulm team to snap a two-game losing streak.
Bourg dished out a club record 30 assists and manhandled Ulm’s offense for a 97-66 victory to reclaim first place in Group B with a 12-4 record. Four players scored in double figures and five more tallied at least 7 points.
“It was a very good collective victory. We were great defensively as a collective and we got what we wanted offensively, especially in the second half. We shared the ball and got out in transition,” said Bourg head coach Frederic Fauthoux.
“I have a great feeling because we played with the same energy for 40 minutes. That was the most important thing tonight. Every time someone came out the energy was the same.”
Antony Labanca hit 4 three-pointers to lead Bourg in scoring with 14 points while Darius McGhee had 13 points and 6 assists and Vincent Mitchell collected 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
“The biggest thing tonight for us was defensively: controlling the glass and getting the 50-50 balls,” Mitchell said. “That’s demoralizing for a team. We got them to turn the ball over a lot (25 turnovers). We just stayed solid on defense and played how we are supposed.”
Bourg’s defense lived up to its billing, going into the game second in opponents' scoring (75.7 ppg), fifth in opponents’ two-point shooting (51.9%) and tops in opponents’ three-point shooting (30.7%). Ulm scored only 66 points and converted only 36.4% on two-pointers and 19.4% from long range.
The victory gives Bourg back-to-back wins after beating Nancy 89-77 at home in the French League. The wins came after a combined four losses in the two competitions.
“We’ve had a couple of rough weeks, but we are starting to get back on the right foot,” Mitchell said. “We’re trying to get back to where we were. It’s getting to be around that time of the year where we need to be playing our best basketball. We faced a little bit of adversity and now we are ready to bounce back and keep it going.”
Bourg did not wait to take control of the game with a 19-2 run over 9 minutes in which the defense did not give up a single basket for a 19-4 lead. Ulm managed to trim it to 19-9 after 10 minutes.
The guests trimmed the margin to 7 points, but Bourg extended it to 18 points at halftime, 45-27.
McGhee added 2 triples in the opening minutes of the second half and the advantage swelled to 53-27. Ulm could not get closer than 22 points the rest of the game and Bourg just kept pouring it on.
Ulm’s run of two straight wins was snapped and the German side dropped to 7-9, putting its chances of reaching the playoffs in doubt with its final two games at home versus Buducnost VOLI Podgorica and at Dolomiti Energia Trento.
Malik Osborne was the only Ulm player to manage double figure scoring with 11 points.
“They beat us in literally every aspect of the game. I can’t think of one area where we outplayed them. I thought maybe if we started well in the third quarter we would have a chance to fight back into the game. We’ve done that earlier in the season but we couldn’t find any solutions today. Tonight just wasn’t our night,” said Ulm head coach Ty Harrelson.
