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Victor Wembanyama paved the way for Boulogne's 21st win in the French league by scoring 25 points.

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Despite losing four of their last seven games, including two blowouts to LNB leaders AS Monaco and reigning champs LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Boulogne-Levallois had still managed to cling onto second place in the standings.

Victor Wembanyama

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Thanks to their 21st win of the season (21-10), spearheaded by one of Victor Wembanyama's best performances, the squad coached by Vincent Collet currently stands one point ahead of third-placed ASVEL (20-11) with three more games to play in the regular season.

Against EuroCup side Bourg-en-Bresse, Boulogne-Levallois prevailed easily by 93-82 (26-18, 24-15, 26-29, 17-20), slowing down a little bit in the second half.

Wembanyama scored 25 points on 6/16 from the field, including 1/4 3-point shots. He made all 12 of his free-throw attempts, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out 4 dimes for a PIR of 26.

The 19-year-old prospect, who was awarded as the league's April MVP, is averaging 21.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 3.1 blocks per game in the league. He's shooting 82.8% from the free-throw line and 29.8% from behind the 3-point arc while leading the LNB in points, rebounds, blocks and PIR (26).

Levallois had four more players in double digits. Most notably, TaShawn Thomas scored 15 points, along with 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while Lahaou Konate added 14.

Bryson Williams scored 19 and James Palmer 17 for the guests.

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