Friday, February 11, the Périgord club shattered on the floor…
Friday, February 11, the Périgord club shattered on the Saint-Chamond floor, second at kick-off. The BBD conceded 100 points, a first this season – it had taken 110 at Évreux, but after extra time. For the tenth time this season, the Périgourdins have conceded more than 80 points. For seven losses. Here he is weighted with 11 backhands. The red zone is not so far since Denain is three successes (with four games behind).
Entry dominated
This heavy setback among the suburbs of Saint-Étienne follows the very clear defeat conceded against the same Couramiauds on January 22 at the Palio (71-91). The latter took advantage of Boulazac‘s weaknesses to regain success, after two defeats.
“On the rebound, the match ended in a terrible 42-25 for the locals”
The match was quickly folded. In search of confidence, the Boulazacois experienced a difficult start to the meeting from which they did not recover. Nikola Antic may have multiplied the rotations quickly, but his players struggled to find the right fuel. More than the faults which were accumulating rapidly, Ivan Juillet’s teammates especially multiplied the clumsiness in the offensive phase, like this involuntary tripping of Olivier Cortale on Luc Loubaki.
The Saint-Chamond players led 18-10 then 22-10 in the last moments of the first quarter. The Boulazacois, with an address at half mast, could not keep up. Then, during the second quarter, the gap widened (39-25, 17th) to reach 12 units at halftime (46-34).
A non-existent bounce
Often, the BBD was able to use the third quarter to pick up. In Saint-Chamond, nothing happened even though Cortale and Loubaki brought the BBD back momentarily below the 10-point mark (48-40). But a shot from Yeboah concluded a local 9-0 (57-40, 25th).
Archi-dominated on the rebound (31-18 in the 26th), rolled by faults and often late in defense, the Boulazacois showed a poor face. On the rebound sector, the match ended in a terrible 42-25 for the locals.
And, on a three-pointer from Oguine, Saint-Chamond took a 20-point lead (70-50, 30th). A gap that the BBD lowered – barely – before cashing in a new distant basket from Oguine to end the third period at 73-55.
