Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse led by as many as 38 points in the third quarter before cruising to 95-65 demolition of Frutti Extra Bursaspor on Tuesday night at Ekinox.
Bourg blasts Bursaspor, 95-65
Pierre Pelos led five Bourg scorers in double figures with 20 points and 7 rebounds. Axel Julien and C.J. Harris followed with 16 points apiece, JaCorey Williams scored 12 and Alexandre Chassang 11. The victory lifted Bourg out of last place in Group B and into a tie with Bursaspor and Umana Reye Venice for eighth place at 2-4. Allerik Freeman scored 20 points for Bursaspor, Egemen Guven added a career-high 15 and Onuralp Bitim 10.
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An emphatic Williams slam followed by a Pelos triple gave the hosts a promising start. Freeman got Bursaspor going with a jumper. Dave Dudzinski scored twice to keep the visitors close, but a three-pointer by Julien and fastbreak layup by Harris helped Bourg build a 14-6 cushion. Julien’s second three created the game’s first double-digit lead, 19-8. His next triple made it 24-9 and Bourg cruised to a 28-11 lead after 10 minutes.
Chassang connected from downtown to make it a 20-point margin early in the second quarter. Anthony Brown gave Bursaspor a lift, but Bourg remained in control as Maxime Roos's put-back and Pelos’s free throws gave the hosts a 39-15 lead midway through the quarter. A Bursaspor timeout changed little as Rasheed Sulaimon buried a three and Pelos added free throws. Freeman penetrated for a bucket only to see Pelos score from outside and in for a 30-point difference. Guven fought for points inside for Bursaspor, which was able to score 6 straight points, but went into halftime down 54-26 after Harris’s basket-plus-foul in the closing seconds.
Andrew Andrews and Harris traded threes early in the second half as the pace slowed. Pelos and Freeman were next to swap triples. Free throws by Brown got Bursaspor within 64-35 midway through the third quarter. Back-to-back threes by Julien and Maxime Courby saw the lead soar to 72-35. Guven remained Bursaspor’s main reference as Pelos and Harris buried threes to extend the margin to 78-40. Guven and Bitim drew the visitors within 78-44 through three quarters.
Freeman opened the fourth quarter with a three and Bitim heated up to trim the difference. Freeman added another triple and Bitim drove for a layup that made it 85-61 with 5 minutes remaining. Free throws by free man made it a 20-point margin before Harris answered with a three-pointer. The hosts finished strong with a 10-0 run to close out the game with a 30-point advantage.