With three direct competitors with one match less (Mondeville, Strasbourg and La Tronche), their 2nd place remains fragile. But tonight, the CCBF players did the job against talented opponents from the Pôle France. But sometimes a little tender.
Mfutila found
However, the visitors lacked the consistency to be able to detach themselves definitively. Having entered the game well (4-9, 7′), Benoît Marty’s protégés very quickly experienced a slump which allowed their hosts to take the reins of the match, conceding a severe 12-0, to complete the first quarter with a handicap of five points (16-11).
The C’Chartres Basket Féminin wins at the Pôle France
Relying on a sovereign Ginette Mfutila on the rebound (6 in the first half, 15 in total) and an Élise Marié who delighted in the pass, the Chartraines quickly put things in order with a scathing 10-2, to regain the ascendant (27-31). Score at halftime.
The partners of the Mainvilloise Fatoumata Touré did not abdicate however and managed to come back once again despite a delicate start to the third quarter (0/8) and a chronic clumsiness at 3-pts (1/23).
The C’Chartres Basket Féminin… in a snatch!
“Now we will have to watch the sequel”
The Chartraines, they did the job and ended up talking about their experience, like a tandem of interior Long-Mfutila found to make the decision in the last quarter: “We would have liked to start better than what we did. It wasn’t an easy game but we got through it. Now, we will have to look to the future, ”observed the second, 16 points yesterday, and whose difficult aftermath of Covid now seems far away…
David Berthelem
