ANKARA
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders Monaco beat ALBA Berlin 105-90 in a Round 19 basketball game Thursday in Germany.
Monaco’s US star Mike James scored a game-high 23 points at Berlin’s Uber Arena. James also made seven assists.
The French team’s guard Matthew Strazel produced 18 points. Monaco forward Jaron Blossomgame added 17 points for the visitors.
Yanni Wetzell and Matt Thomas racked up 17 points each to be ALBA Berlin’s top scorers.
Monaco have a 13-6 win/loss record to be on top of the EuroLeague regular season standings.
ALBA Berlin are still at the bottom of the EuroLeague with 16 losses in 19 games. The German club is in 18th spot.
Second-place Olympiacos from Greece beat Zalgiris Kaunas 92-85 in Lithuania on Thursday.
Olympiacos’ Greek forward Sasha Vezenkov produced 24 points to be the top scorer of the game.
Piraeus’ Olympiacos are going 13-6 to chase Monaco in standings.
Zalgiris Kaunas have won 10 games but lost nine others in their EuroLeague campaign to move down to ninth position.
– Thursday’s results:
Zalgiris Kaunas – Olympiacos: 85-92
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne – EA7 Emporio Armani Milan: 66-75
ALBA Berlin – Monaco: 90-105
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz – Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade: 73-75
