The two leaders of the French ProA were knocked out of the French cup, the “Semaine des as”, at the first hurdle, in the quarter finals. Roanne let a big 15-point half time lead slip away with a disastrous second half against Gravelines, which was led by Saer Sene and Yannick Bokolo, who scored 24 each. As for Cholet, it was tight all the way and a Ronnie Taylor basket decided the contest with three tenth of a second to play, 78-76. Gravelines and the hosts Pau will therefore meet in the semi-final on Saturday, while the other two quarter finals on Friday will be Chalon versus Hyeres-Toulon and Nancy versus Villeurbannes.