Par
Benoît Fouque
Published on
Nov 5 2024 at 10:00 p.m
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The 11th day of Nationale 1 basketball had a fight Tuesday November 5. Pays de Fougères basketball received Levallois Metropolitans in its well-stocked Justy-Specker room.
This duel between graduates of Nationale 2 promised a beautiful poster. 2nd in the ranking, the players of Hauts-de-Seine remained on three consecutive successes, Ferns of two to follow.
Levallois cooled his opponent from the start (0-7, 2′). THE Blues Brothersdeprived of Gibey (injured), lacked shooting skills and in the game of transmissions. Unlike the Ile-de-France residents (4-7, 3′ then 4-14, 4′).
THE Bretons also collected fouls (6 after 8′). Levallois took advantage (8-17, 7′).
But at the end of the first quarter, the promoted fougerais launched their match through Bichard (10-17 and 12-19, 9′), then two free throws from Chapuy (16-19, 10′).
Euphoric Ferns
The euphoric momentum grew after the short break. Ferns came back to the score (19-19), before a winning shot from Lebrun (22-19, 11′), then two winning infiltrations from Soumaoro (24-19, 12′). THE PFB signed a 15-0.
Solid in defense, with an address returned to the outside, Ferns stifled his opponent (29-21, 14′; 33-21, 15′). THE Metropolitans stopped the bleeding with two baskets from Thalien, then an infiltration from Meité (33-29, 17′).
But Choplin and Thomas offered a new breath of fresh air to their team (37-29 then 39-29). Diop hit the nail on the head (41-29, 19’30”). Despite Thalien, Ferns was in good tempo at half-time (44-31, 20′).
Returning from the locker room, the two promoted players started again at a steady pace (47-35, 22′). The Fougères defense pushed the Francilliens made a mistake and Choplin scored a three-pointer (54-35, 24′).
More Levallois did not admit defeat, under the leadership of Thalien with three points and free throws (54-40, 27′). The Fougerais were in a slump (0-9) and Mathieu Lemercier took a time out (54-44, 28′).
Beneficial coaching since Choplin and Lebrun scored important winning shots (63-51, 30′).
Unbreathable last quarter
Levallois accelerated at the start of the last quarter by Tackamoud De la Croix twice (63-56). Soumaoro restored a ten-point lead (66-56, 32′).
After a missed dunk from Meité, Bichard scored three points, immediately imitated by Thalien (69-62, 34′). Levallois toughened the game. Tackamoud De la Croix responded to Thomas with three points (72-66, 35′).
The last five minutes became unbreathable. Meité scored in turn after a raid from Bichard (75-68, 36′). Two free throws from Choplin brought some breathing space to Ferns (77-68′, 37′). If Tackamoud De la Croix remained ruthless outside the red line, the PFB went the distance (81-73, 39′). Bichard with three points then Thomas sealed the victory for theirs (84-73 then 90-77, 40′).
This major success allows Ferns to achieve a third success in a row before going to Tarbes-Lourdes Friday November 8.
The Fougères brand : Choplin 20, Chapuy 5, Bichard 10, Lebrun 12, Thomas 11, Koumba 3, Nsimba, Soumaoro 20, Diop 9, Vorotnikovas.
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