Le Mans made it to the Last 16 in Group A by edging EWE Baskets Oldenburg 71-73 on the road on Tuesday. Le Mans finished second in Group A with a 4-2 record and advanced to the next round, where its new opponents will be Goettingen, Aris, Group C's runner-up. Oldenburg was fourth in this group with a 1-5 record. Ben Dewar led the winners with 17 points. Alex Acker added 13 while JP Batista had 10 for Le Mans. Two-time Eurocup champion Mindaugas Lukauskis led Oldenburg with 21 points. Rickey Paulding added 13 while Oliver Stevic had 10 for the hosts, that led 41-38 at halftime. A 0-10 run allowed Le Mans to get a 45-52 lead right after the break. Michalis Kakiouzis helped Le Mans to get a 54-64 margin after 30 minutes. Oldenburg rallied in crunch time and free throws by Lukauskis tied it at 71-71. Marc-Antoine Pellin became the game hero by hitting the game-winning free throws down the stretch.

Acker got Le Mans going with a jumper and Batista copied him soon after that for a 0-4 Le Mans lead. Chris McNaughton sank a jumper that Dewar bettered with a triple. Stevic shined with a put-back layup and McNaughton got Oldenburg within 6-7. Alain Koffi sank a jumper but Paulding answered from downtown and Lukauskis scored off a steal to give the hosts their first lead, 11-9. McNaughton and Stevic kept pacing Oldenburg with consecutive baskets but Acker and Dewar allowed Le Mans to regain the lead, 15-18. Louis Campbell buried a three-pointer but Pellin and Dewar helped Le Mans to restore a 18-22 lead after 10 minutes. Robin Smeulders dunked it early in the second quarter but a put-back basket by Thierry Rupert and a jumper by Dewar gave Le Mans a 22-26 edge. Lukauskis struck from downtown and Eddie Gill added a three-point play in an 8-0 run that allowed Oldenburg to regain the lead, 30-26. Pellin and Lukauskis traded baskets but a layup-plus-foul by Charles Kahudi kept Le Mans as close as 32-31. Dewar and Rupert shined with back-to-back baskets but a triple by Daniel Hein and a layup by Lukauskis provided another lead change, 37-35. An unstoppable Dewar buried a triple but Lukauskis followed a jumper with free throws for a 41-38 Oldenburg lead at halftime.

Back-to-back baskets by Batista put Le Mans back ahead, 41-42, right after the break. Stevic scored again and McNaughton added a layup but Antoine Diot answered from downtown for a 45-45 tie. Batista stayed unstoppable and got some help from Acker and a red hot Diot to give Le Mans a 45-52 lead, after a 0-10 run. Stevic tried to change things and Paulding downed a three-pointer that brought Oldenburg within 50-52. Koffi hit free throws, igniting a 0-8 run in which Kakiouzis and Acker buried respective triples for a 50-60 score. Kakiouzis singlehandedly allowed Le Mans to keep a 54-64 margin after 30 minutes. Gill shined with a layup and Lukauskis added a jumper but a three-pointer by Dewar kept Le Mans way ahead, 58-67. Paulding scored down low and bettered Batista's layup with a triple, good for a 63-69 score. Paulding stayed on fire and got some help from Lukauskis in a 6-0 run that brought the hosts as close as 69-70 already in the final minute. Acker split free throws but Lukauskis did not miss from the foul line for a 71-71 tie. Le Mans called timeout and found a go-to guy in Pellin, who drew a foul and calmly made free throws. Oldenburg had a last chance to win the game but Paulding missed from downtown at the buzzer.