Weakened both morally and physically at the end of the first phase, Christopher Dauby’s teammates (13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on average this season), were able to find the necessary resources at the start of the play-down, by signing three consecutive successes in as many matches. “Apart from the opposition against Épinal (88-85), it’s encouraging, we are still on two rather good defensive performances (Pôle France and Kaysersberg). We are casually the only undefeated team in the pool. It is necessarily positive, ”he rejoices.
“Incredible group cohesion”
Known for his athletic qualities and his technicality, the latter again proved to be very valuable in the money-time against Kaysersberg (72-67), thanks to a final triple in the corner of the field sealing the victory of his team. . Despite his short experience due to his youth (22 years old), he admits to being confident for the rest of the deadlines: “I already experienced a similar situation with Poitiers just before the Covid saved us. I learned how to manage these kinds of matches thanks to the experienced players around me. Today is different. We have potentially one of the best teams in these play-downs in the sense that we have been penalized by the federation in view of the number of victories. We were able to afford the leaders of this championship. »
Christopher Dauby and the Dacquois will have to provide a big defensive performance to equalize the four in a row.
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Moreover, for him what can galvanize the group is its solidarity. “Since the start of the season, we have had a cohesion that is just incredible for me, something I have never experienced before, except as a youngster. »
An opposition that counts double
Regarding Avignon, the opponent of the DGB this Friday, April 1 (8 p.m.), the Dacquois is wary. “It’s an ultra-offensive team. They are athletic players. The threat can come from anywhere. We know that we will have to defend hard. We are preparing for a physical fight, ”warns post 2.
To claim to achieve the four in a row, the roadmap is clear on the DGB side: impose his game from the start of the match and scrutinize in particular very closely the duo of Vaucluse leaders made up of Thomas Vincent (his former training partner at Poitiers) and Gaëtan Meyniel. “They manage the game quite a bit, the tempo. The objective will be to limit them as much as possible”, he explains with ambition.
