Faced with a big arm from its Women’s National 3 group yesterday, Sunday January 30, the EAB did well and acquired a bonus success in its race to maintain.
If there were many doubts about the state of form of the Aveyron team after three weeks of break due to covid, these were rather quickly lifted at the start of the meeting yesterday. On the other hand, it is the adversary of the day, the Agenais Country, which did not show itself to its advantage, and in the Aveyron camp we understood that there was something to do for the EAB. It was Gamba who set the tone at three points, well imitated by captain Hautcolas twice. An external address that compensated for the awkwardness under the circle.
The EAB pocketed the first quarter (18-9), and took advantage of the general apathy of the Agenaises to increase the gap. Alternately, Terral, Haucolas and Gamba landed four shots from long range. A cocktail energized by the hectic Clémence Cabrit who demonstrated, as against Gimont, all the benefits of her return. With half time whistled at 37-17, the locals seemed out of danger, except for a heavily loaded foul table, which coach Nicolas Flottes would have to manage in the second half.
The Lot-et-Garonnaises returned from the locker room with much better intentions characterized by greater defensive aggressiveness. An all-terrain pressure that disturbed the locals, and it will take a little heat from Terral, who scored seven consecutive points, to stop the ambitions of rising from Agenes. The capital of 11 points in favor of the EAB at the start of the fourth, proved enough to manage, even approximately, until the final victory (62-54).
A success of the Élan against the 4th in the ranking, which was not really planned in the roadmap towards the maintenance, and which therefore appears as a real bonus in this perspective; he who, 8th, remains at a distance (2 points) from the red zone.
