Limoges easily beat Benfica on the sixth day of the Champions League and finished third in their group. For its part, Dijon was beaten at home by PAOK Thessaloniki and finished second.
Thus, it would be a record three wins and three losses for the Limoges team during this group stage of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League. CSP continued to win 59-79 on the floor of Benfica and finished third in Group F. After winning one point at home against the Portuguese in the first leg (65-68), the Limougeauds took revenge by easily imposing in Portugal, at the end of the match that turned over in the second half. After a tight first quarter (17-17), Benfica managed a great second quarter to return to the locker room, leading 40-32. And suddenly, the black hole of the people of Lisbon. Limoges already fell 25-5 in the third quarter and then scored basketball in the final quarterBenfica never returned to less than thirteen points.
The CSP, who led as many as 22 points, finally won by 20, on the heels of the excellent Bryce Jones, who finished with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, not forgetting Daisy Rodriguez, who had 20 points and 8 rebounds. . The current sixth place in the French championship noticeably crushed the leader of the Portuguese championship, taking 42 to 30. In spite of everything, it was Benfica who finished second in the group behind Manresa and ahead of Limoges. The Spanish club qualifies directly for the first 16 places (four groups of four, the first two groups will qualify for the quarter-finals), while the Portuguese club and the French club will have to play a match, with a series in two groups. matches. Limoges will face Group E runners-up Ludwigsburg in January.
Limoges signs: Yegoiti (5), Sibebe (2), Jones (26), Hawkins (11), Lang (15), Rodriguez (20)
Dijon collapses against PAOK
Dijon, France’s third-running team in this competition (Strasbourg will play on Wednesday and is guaranteed first place in their group), has been received by PAOK Salonica by its side, with second place in Group G guaranteed even before the kick-out post. And JDA lost 69-74. She will be able to feel sorry, because after losing the first quarter 14-18, she turned the situation around to lead by 12 points at halftime (40-28). The gap increased to +16 (54-38) a quarter of an hour from the end.
But the Greeks suddenly came out of their slumber and knocked down 12-0 and then 10-0, allowing them to dominate (56-60 with 4’20 remaining). And they held on perfectly to time the money, finally winning by five points against the no longer in existence Burgundians. Although Gavin Weir had 23 points and 7 rebounds, JDA lost their third game at this stage of the group stage, but finished second and will be opposed in play and will face the third in Group H (Rytas, Bnei Herzliya or Peristeri).
Dijon signs: McDuffie (8), Russell (12), Simon (9), Ducot (2), Holston (3), Hrovat (7), Weir (23), Bramble (5)
