Valuable victory for Élan Béarnais against Portel, this Monday evening at the Palais des Sports, 75-70. The Greens and Whites remain in the top 8 and are only one victory away from 4th place, but nothing was easy to achieve. The Palois counted up to ten points in advance in the first act, but completely flinched between the end of the 2nd quarter, and the start of the 3rd. They found each other down 55-62 when attacking the last ten minutes. At that time, thanks to a again sovereign defense, the Béarnais stuck a 10-0 to their opponent to regain control, and finally resist the return of the Northerners at the end of the match. Slow, but precious. For his return to competition, Brandon Jefferson finishes with 16 points, 8 assists and 2 steals Game MVP (18 rating). Elan remains 7th in the standings and this will go this Friday evening to Champagne Basket to try to start a positive series.