While they led a very large part of the meeting, TJ Parker's players collapsed in the last quarter, and laid down their arms on a missed shot from Elie Okobo 26 seconds from the buzzer and a basket at two points from Kenneth Kadji ten seconds from the end.
A little earlier in the afternoon, the Metropolitans 92 of Boulogne-Levallois, leaders of the French championship had lost against Strasbourg (95-87), while Pau-Orthez faced the red lantern of Elite Fos -sur-Mer (93-72) and Monaco against Bourg-en-Bresse (74-65) had enforced logic.
The semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday afternoon, still at Trélazé.
Of the three members of the Elite Top 3, only Monaco, still in the running for a place in the Euroleague play-offs, is present in the last four of the Coupe de France, the final of which is scheduled for April 23 in Paris. - Bercy.
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