Telenet Ostend used a 19-2 fourth quarter run to rally past, and eliminate, the visiting Le Mans Sarthe Basket 79-70 on Wednesday. Belgian champs finished Group A action with 8-2 record, the same record as the first place FoxTown Cantu, but Ostend finished in the second place due to Cantu’s edge in head-to-head games. Le Mans needed a win to advance, but dropped to 5-5, ending its Eurocup campaign in the fourth place. Jean Salumu paced Ostend with 13 points, Mateusz Ponitka scored 12, while Brent Wright, Ryan Thompson and Quentin Serron had 11 points apiece. For Le Mans, Vaughn Duggins and J.P. Batista each finished with 14 points, while Charles Kahudi and Reyshawn Terry had 11 apiece in defeat.

Thompson and Serron combined to score 12 points for Ostend's 17-7 lead. Alain Koffi scored twice from close range, and Pape Sy hit one from long cutting it to 19-14, before Ponitka nailed a three-pointer to end the first half 23-17. Wright scored twice inside for Ostend, but Terry nailed a pair of triples for Le Mans and 29-27. Salumu hit twice from downtown for the hosts, but Batista and Kahudi scored inside for 40-39, before a basket-plus-foul by Veselin Petrovic helped make it 43-41 at halftime. Batista scored 6 points early in the third, helping the hosts take 50-52 lead. A triple from Kahudi late in the third and a triple from Sy at the start of the fourth made it 56-61. But Salumu scored a pair of layups before Ponitka had a dunk and a three-pointer for 68-63. A layup from Wright and free throws from Salumu helped extend it to 75-63 with less than 3 minutes to go. Kahudi and Dounia Issa scored on fastbreaks for Le Mans, and Terry hit a three-pointer, but it was too little too late for Le Mans.