Paris (AFP)

Dijon provisionally joined Monaco and Boulogne-Levallois in second place in the French Basketball Championship by beating Limoges, 79 to 73, on Saturday.

The Monegasques will receive Boulogne-Levallois on Sunday in the most beautiful poster of the day. The leader Villeurbanne will try to preserve his invincibility with a 14th success against Orléans at the Astroballe.

The Dijonnais (10 wins, 3 losses) were hung up to the end in their hall by the Limougeauds who led by three points 1 min 30 sec from the end before taking a 13-4. American JDA leader David Holston was the best man of the game with 25 points and 6 assists.

The Burgundian club left behind Cholet and Bourg-en-Bresse, who both lost. The Choletais lost to Le Mans 81 to 75 at Antarès, where Valentin Bigote scored 18 points for the MSB. The Bressans fell heavily in Nanterre, 85 to 70. The American Spencer Butterfield scored 18 points for the Hauts-de-Seine club.

At the bottom of the ranking, Chalon-sur-Saône won an important victory against Le Portel 95 to 84 thanks to 26 points from the American Marcus Thornton. The two clubs now share the last place.

Right in front of them, Pau-Orthez preserved a small point lead in the last seconds at Boulazac to snatch a precious success 84 to 83. The American leader of the Bearn Elk Ronald Moore scored 18 points and gave 7 assists.

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