Saturday, November 16, the two teams from the metropolis played important matches on behalf of the 6th day of the championship, with varying fortunes.
Longueau (B) traveled against a new team from the top of the table this Saturday, facing Denain, the leader of this Pré-Nationale group A. The ESCLAMS (b) players were aware that this game was going to be complicated against one, if not the favorite team of this championship. The coach, David Haleine, will also point out that this Demain team does not perform in this way by chance, since it was “built for the N3, to the extent that it is the reserve of the pro B” and that “players recruited with a lot of experience remainedtheir interior player comes from N1…«
The Longacoissiens failed to create a surprise against this team and lost on the score of 113-75. The ESCLAMS (B) coach will explain after the meeting: “ my regret is that we totally gave up at halftime. We took on water everywhere, 113 points is huge! The defensive area is a real problem for us“. Despite the defeat, he concluded on a positive note by adding that « being able to recover the E.Noël room will help mebecause currently, I only have the team in training once a week, so it’s complicated to build a team.«
Longueau (b) will have to remobilize to find victory, and what could be better than his match of next week in his gymnasium facing the red lantern to try to take points against a Calais team which certainly seems more within the reach of the ESCLAMS formation (b), but which we must be wary of all the same.
As for the Amiens, they received Longuenesse on behalf of this 6th day of Pre-Nationale. At home, the ASCBB had a good start to the match by directly imposing its rhythm. Gradually, the players of Stéphane Noé took the lead over their evening opponents (17-9 after 6 minutes of play). By rolling out and being diligent, both offensively and defensively, the Amiens arrived at a lead by +21 points at the end of the first quarter (37-16).
During the next ten minutes, the locals kept the same intensity and did not weakenpreventing the visitors from really coming back to score. Both teams returned to the locker room for halftime with a fairly comfortable score in favor of ASCBB (54-39). After the break, Longuenesse re-mobilized and managed to gradually climb back into the lead. But following an unsportsmanlike foul on the part of a northern player in particular, and also thanks to good management of the ASCBB players, Longuenesse did not fall back to less than ten points until the end. of the third quarter (71-59). During the last ten minutes, the Amiens managed their lead well and showed themselves to be diligent in carrying out great collective and individual actions, which allowed them to come out of this game with a precious victory (94-79).
The Amiens coach, Stéphane Noé, will remember from the meeting: « we started well and then we had a little slump due mainly to a lack of rotation inside with the absence of two of our players and the integration of a new player who needs time to gradually find his best level. Today, our two allies have a big match, whether it’s Alban or Alexis. I’m satisfied with everyone overall, even if we had difficulty rebounding defensively, which prevented us from playing the fast game at one point, but the victory is there and that’s the most important thing tonight.” » Alban Thierry, author of a very good performance, will say: » I’m really happy with the victory. I find thatWe were very skilled at shooting, which allowed us to take a good lead from the start of the match. We still have to work, especially defensively. It’s a good collective victory and from an individual point of view too, I’m satisfied, so let’s hope it continues like this! »
Thanks to this beautiful performance full of mastery, the ASCBB returns to 7th place even passing Longueau (b) and leaving Longuenesse three places behind.
Nathan Mance
Photo credit: Louis Auvin – Gazettesports.fr (archive)
