After announcing the extension of five players and the return of Isabelle Yacoubou, Tarbes formalized the signing of its last two recruits for the 2022-2023 season. It is Carla Leite (1.74 m, 18 years old), who arrives from the ASVEL Women’s training center with whom she shone. This combo-guard (post 1-2) notably scored 27 points in the final of the Coupe de France 2022, lost against Mondeville.
“Carla Leite is a young hopeful from Lyon with a promising future in the line of Marie Pardon and Marine Fauthoux. It is a young U18 international who will come to hone her skills in Tarbes, ”commented her future coach François Gomez, who is returning to his position as full-time coach, after trying to empower his former assistant in the selection of Sweden, Francisco Pinto. .
To complete its professional group, the TGB bet on another young player, Marie-Paule Foppossi (1.85 m, 24 years old), who arrives from NCAA. The Strasbourgeoise was one of many French women to evolve in Rhode Island, running with the Rams at 11.6 points on 40.9% shooting success, 7.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 34 minutes. “(She’s a) Player that we know well for having played her a few seasons ago against Pole France then in Nice in LFB, commented François Gomez. Position 3-4 which will complete our internal game at the alongside Ana Tadic and Isabelle Yacoubou. She joins us after 3 seasons in the NCAA.”
Five young people to complete this group
To complete this group of eight professional players, all French, Tarbes will rely on several elements of its training center: Lou Bobst, Léna Monasse, Julie Popescu, Logann Monkolot and Morgane Rondet. It remains to be seen whether, thanks to continuity, the rise in power of young players already asserted (Tadic, Ewodo, Pardon…) or not yet, the TGB will manage to do better than in 2021-2022 by reaching the playoffs, missed out on little.
The TGB squad for the 2022/2023 season
Five players extend and three recruits arrive in a 100% French team led by François Gomez.
The full squad of the TGB 2022/2023 in detail: https://t.co/GmIDLqMqGu#tgbensemble— TGB Basketball (@tgbbasket) May 26, 2022
