Without its leader David Holston, who was serving his suspension match, the JDA Dijon went to win at Gravelines (67-76).
“I really want to congratulate my players for this victory. Rashard (Kelly) and Toni (Katic) had only one practice, Abdou (Loum) two, and we played without David (Holston). This is the type of victory that is very important because obtained in adversity. In the first half, we lacked rhythm, we weren’t precise in certain situations, but in the second, we controlled the rebound better, we moved the ball well, and the players did a great job. ,” welcomed JDA coach Nenad Markovic, comments reported by Le Bien Public.
In fact, Abdoulaye Loum (16 points at 5/7 on shots), 8 rebounds and 2 blocks) was very prominent with Charles Galliou who played an extremely complete game (13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. BCM coach JD Jackson was obviously unhappy to have passed up an opportunity to climb the rankings:
“We let go. It was a hotly contested game. Dijon may have had a little more rhythm, but they lack an important player (Holston), and the matches are not good, you have to know how to win them. We did not know how to find lucidity in attack. Knowing that they lacked their leader and that they quickly had faults, they just needed a decent basketball that we couldn’t find. The ratio of 8 passes for 13 stray balls is just not normal. »
If Dijon climbed into the top 8, Gravelines came out, but as the teams do not have the same number of matches to their credit, the ranking is currently difficult to read.
Photo : Charles Galliou (FIBA)
