Round-up: Round 6 in French LFB

Without Emma Messeman, Sandra Prsic and Emilie Duvivier, Villeneuve d’Ascq continue to struggle as they without much resistance fell to Basket Landes. Anais Le Gluher led Landes with 16 points, Valeriane Ayayi and Jennifer Humphrey each had 15. Lyon handed Bourges their second loss of the season in what Lyon’s Mistie Mims called was a war. Mims led all scorers with 16 points. Both teams could not combine for 90 points in this game.

Abbie Bishop had 22 points as Perpignan got their fourth win, defeating Aix-en-Provence. Another Australian, Marianna Tolo, led Aix with 17 points. Lattes Montpellier are in the sole possession of the first place in the standings after yet another win, this time against Charleville. Gaelle Skrela had 14 points, Geraldine Robert and Ana Lelas each had 12.

Tarbes lost their fifth game of the season, despite Angelica Robinson scoring 21 points and pulling down 16 rebounds. Carrem Gay led Toulouse with 18 points. Arras won just their second game of the season, defeating another struggling squad – Hainaut Basket. Johanne Gomis ahd 16 points in the win. Nantes Reze almost wasted a 16 point lead going in the fourth quarter but narrowly prevailed against Mondeville.

Results and top scorers

Villeneuve d’Ascq – Basket Landes 50-70
Villeneuve: Sanni 17, Dieme 11, Vulic 8
Landes: Le Gluher 16, Ayayi 15, Humphrey 15 (13 reb) (Abalde 7, Stepanova 2)

Lyon – Bourges Basket 44-43
Lyon: Mims 16, Sy-Diop 8, Page 8
Bourges: Miyem 14, Ndongue 7, Dumerc 6 (Skrba 4, Eldebrink 3, Dimitrakou 2)

Aix-en-Provence – Perpignan 63-70
Aix: Tolo 17, Murphy 15, Thorburn 14 (Francis 7)
Perpignan: Bishop 22, Bjorklund 13, Ciglar 11

Charleville-Mezieres – Lattes Montpellier 46-63
Charleville: Bouderra 9, Pagnier 9, Diawara 9
Montpellier: Skrela 14, Robert 12, Lelas 12, Lawson-Wade 11, Sacko 10

Tarbes GB – Toulouse 65-72
Tarbes: Robinson 21 (16 reb), Salagnac 13, Cousseins 11 (Rad 8, Ervin 6, Ocete 2)
Toulouse: Gay 18, Knezevic 16, Degorces 16, Legoupil 11 (Adams 6, Visgaudaite 2)

Arras – Hainaut Basket 57-52
Arras: Gomis 16, Ajanovic 12, Evans 10 (Bachvarova 2, Dabo 0)
Hainaut: Perostiyska 14 (10 reb), Murphy 13 (12 reb), Silbande 9 (Houts 3, Garcia 4, Ciappina 0)

Nantes Reze – USO Mondeville 60-58
Nantes: Michel 12, Amant 12, Andreyeva 11 (Basko-Melnbarde 7)
Mondeville: Tanqueray 17, Sharp 8, Coulibaly 8, Drammeh 8 (Paugaite 6)

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Points
Lattes Montpellier	6	6	0	415	308	107	12
Nantes Reze	6	5	1	405	399	6	11
Basket Landes	6	4	2	369	317	52	10
Bourges	6	4	2	382	332	50	10
Perpignan	6	4	2	383	349	34	10
Lyon	6	4	2	409	383	26	10
USO Mondeville	6	3	3	367	328	39	9
Toulouse	6	3	3	346	374	-28	9
Charleville-Mezieres	6	2	4	304	334	-30	8
Aix-en-Provence	6	2	4	384	419	-35	8
Arras	6	2	4	320	370	-50	8
Tarbes	6	1	5	354	392	-38	7
Hainaut Basket	6	1	5	314	382	-68	7
Villeneuve d’Ascq	6	1	5	373	438	-65	7