WIN with ONLY Eight players | AS Monaco - ASVEL | R36 BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS 2025-26 Monaco got back to winning ways by defeating ASVEL 81-76 in the French League Derby at Salle Gaston Medecin. In a first half of runs, Monaco took a 22-21 edge into the second quarter before pulling away thanks to a 15-2 surge for a 46-36 lead at halftime. A trade of blows in the third quarter saw Monaco maintain a double-digit advantage heading into the fourth, but ASVEL bounced back to make it a one-possession game (76-74) in crunch time. Yet Monaco tightened up its defense, didn’t allow the guests to score a single field goal in the last 2 minutes and sealed the outcome thanks to a three-point dagger by Elie Okobo. Having grabbed its ninth straight victory over ASVEL, Monaco improved its record to 20-16. Meanwhile, the visitors suffered their sixth consecutive loss, dropping to 8-28 at the bottom of the standings. Okobo came 2 assists shy of a triple-double, as he finished the game on 16 points, 10...