Chalon killed two birds with one stone. It defeated the defending champion, Cholet, away from home Friday night, stayed in the race not only to be in the top 2 to have home court advantage in the playoffs until the final but in the race to win the regular season too. It is now back within two wins from Cholet and the latter still has to face Nancy, the other contender left for top spot. This is the third time that Chalon has the better of Cholet this season, as it ousted it in the French Cup too. 74-82 the score as the visitors shared the scoring: Jean Baptiste Adolphe led his team with 15, while Steed Tchicamboud and Ilian Evtimov had 13 apiece.