Coupe de France basketball third round, Digi Mart USA News: Dijon defeated Limoges at the Palais des Sports Jean-Michel-Geoffroy, according to a report from BasketEurope.com. Limoges had scored only four points after more than six minutes of play, trailing 17-4 early in the game.
Dijon led 23-10 at the end of the first quarter and 40-16 in the second quarter after two consecutive three-pointers from Justin Bibbins. The JDA went into halftime ahead 44-29.
Limoges cut the deficit to eight points (50-42) before Dijon pulled away again, reaching a 25-point lead at 76-51.
Shevon Thompson was Dijon’s top scorer with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Coming off the bench, Bibbins added 14 points, going 4 of 5 from three-point range, and had 6 assists for a 20 rating.
Tom Audry scored 12 points and had 4 steals. Dijon made 11 of 26 three-point attempts compared with 6 of 21 for Limoges, and its bench scored 37 points to Limoges’ 22.
Damariae Horne (18 points) and Louis Labeyrie (15 points) were the leading scorers for CSP.
Limoges coach Arnaud Tessier used only ten players. Nicolas Lang, who was injured in the ankle on October 25 at Pau, along with Taï Webster, Hugo Invernizzi and Mamadou Guissé, did not play.
The brothers Yael and Noam Masdieu-Reynaert played 28 and 16 minutes, respectively. Limoges has lost four straight games in the league, while Dijon suffered its first defeat of the Betclic Élite season on October 30, losing 94-108 to Nancy.
At the Azurarena, Antibes, which had eliminated Roanne in the previous round, won the first quarter 29-21 after handicap adjustment. Pau moved ahead just before halftime (46-50), then won the third quarter 33-18 to enter the final period with a 19-point lead (64-83).
The margin reached 21 points (66-87).
Bathiste Tchouaffé (26 points, 5 of 8 from three-point range, 30 rating) and Alexandre Nfomoum-Lomby (20 points, 8 of 9 from the field) brought the Sharks within four points (87-91) with just over two minutes remaining. Jayvon Maughmer (14 points) sealed the qualification in the final minute.
Fabio Milanese scored 19 points for Antibes, and Michael Flowers added 15. Pau grabbed 45 rebounds to Antibes’ 26, including 16 offensive rebounds.
The third round concludes with Boulogne-sur-Mer vs. Rennes on Monday, November 9, Poitiers vs.
Caen on Tuesday, November 10, and Challans vs. Nancy, with a date yet to be set.
The winners will meet the eight Betclic Élite clubs entering the competition at this stage in the round of 16.
