Ouest Toulousain Basket 64 – CahorSauzet Basket 69
Half-time: 34/30 for Ouest Toulousain Basket.
Quarts temps : 19/14 ; 15/16 ; 12/25 ; 18/14.
1 basket at 3 points/25 baskets at 2 points/16 successful shots out of 23 attempted/1 player eliminated: Khoussa/16 lost balls.
CSB 1: Bambanza/Dronjak 11pts/Béthune 22pts/Diakhaté 16pts/Peltier 4pts/Khoussa 2pts/Doumbia 11pts/Discazeaux/Prouillac 3pts/Benne/Pointel.
We were expecting a reaction after the disappointment at TOAC 2 last week and there was a reaction for Lotois who won their third victory in four away games this season.
However, both teams were tense at the start of the match with Lotois still disturbed by their first defeat of the season and Toulouse who suffered two losses in a row, including one at home against TOAC 2 by 7 points.
The CSB concedes a 5/2 in two minutes, Doumbia goes inside to restore order in the racket after a 9/2 in total for the OTB in four minutes. The “yellows and blues” react defensively and come back a little through Diakhate and Béthune but they lose this first quarter 19/14.
Doumbia battles inside, helped by Béthune at mid-distance, (23/21 in the 14th). Dronjak plays against the Toulouse defense to equalize in the 16th minute (24/24). But once again the OTB inflicts a 5/0 on the Lotois, everything has to be done again for a CSB on alternating current (34/30 in the 20th).
Everything will be decided in the 3rd quarter. The CSB will change its defensive system which will greatly hamper the OTB. No less than seven Lotois players will score in this 3rd quarter and the visitors will go ahead for the first time in the match in the 22nd (34/36).
The “yellows and blues” will inflict a 15 to 4 in five minutes on their opponents and in the 30th the CSB made the break (46/55).
In the last quarter, everything becomes more complicated for the CSB which will experience an offensive breakdown of five minutes, scoring only 2 free throws (58/63). But it will be enough to win, Diakhate (16pts), Béthune (22pts) and the free throws converted by Dronjak in the very last seconds will allow the CSB to achieve a 6th victory in 7 matches (64/69).
Next trip on Saturday against Grisolles 1 (Regional 3) in the round of 16 of the Quercy Garonne Cup before the last match at the Chaudron de Sauzet on November 30 against Villefranche-de-Rouergue.
