Bacon, Thomas, and Diallo trio leads Monaco past Paris / News - Basketnews.com

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AS Monaco (17-7) won their sixth straight French LNB Pro A match, defeating Paris Basketball (8-15) on their home floor 76-69 (22-18, 19-18, 23-16, 12-17).

Points this season

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The teams went back and forth in the first half, resulting in 11 lead changes. However, Monaco turned up the heat in the third period, going on a 9-0 run to gain an 11-point advantage (52-41).

Paris were able to cut their deficit to four in with less than two minutes remaining in the game (69-73), but that was their best effort, as Monaco secured a seven-point win.

The trio of Will Thomas, Dwayne Bacon, and Alpha Diallo led Monaco today. Thomas finished with 16 points (5/8 2PT, 1/1 3PT, 3/4 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 20 PIR.

Bacon also had 16 points (7/11 2PT, 0/5 3PT, 2/3 FT), 8 rebounds, and 14 PIR. Diallo supplied 14 points (4/9 2PT, 2/5 3PT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 15 PIR.

Monaco played without Mike James, Brock Motum, Rob Gray, and Danilo Andjusic today.

Monaco: Will Thomas 16 (5 REB), Dwayne Bacon 16 (8 REB), Alpha Diallo 14 (6 REB), Donta Hall 9 (8 REB), Donatas Motiejunas 9, Paris Lee 6 (6 AST), Leo Westermann 6 (5 REB, 7 AST).

Paris: Ryan Boatright 15 (6 AST), Dustin Sleva 13, Ismael Kamagate 11 (7 REB), Juhann Begarin 10 (6 REB).

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