Mike James amassed a double-double of 20 points and 14 assists to help Monaco to get an overtime 98-108 victory over Zalgiris, in Kaunas on Wednesday night. James established his career-high for assists. Dwayne Bacon also had a career night scoring 19 points, while four other Monaco players finished in double-digit of scoring: Alpha Diallo netted 13, Will Thomas and Rob Gray drained 12 apiece while Yakuba Ouattara added 11. Janis Sterlnieks of Zalgiris led all the scorers netting 22, Alturas Milaknis drilled 19, Josh Nebo 14, and Lukas Lekavicius 13 for the home team.



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