Chartres bows to Saint-Vallier

Tense, stressful, tight and undecided until the end. The opposition between Sébastien Lambert’s C’Chartres BM and Philippe Namyst’s St-Vallier BC gave rise to a fight between strategists, where the defenses took precedence over the attacks.

Like this first quarter concluded with the surprising small score of 13-20. Far from the usual standards of the blue house.

Chartres passes the second

It was only four minutes later that the CCBM finally returned to the Drômois thanks to a furious rebound from Munanga (24-23, 16 ‘) followed by the first points of Ludovic Chelle, the medical joker of whom he was the first to home.

The sticking point had passed. Chartres followed and finally showed a better face. But the mistakes in Chartres gave Saint-Vallier points (42-39, 20 ‘).

Ludovic Chelle, player of Chartres, delivers himself before the shock against Saint-Vallier, this Tuesday evening

When they returned from the locker room, the intensity rose a notch, the game accelerated and the two teams neutralized each other under the baskets (50-50, 25 ‘). Chartres finished the quarter ahead thanks to the inevitable Du’Vaughn Maxwell (22 points) who scored a final prize-winning basket. (62-60, 30 ‘).

Sébastien Lambert, the coach of C’Chartres BM

There was a crossover between the two leaders during this last act. At the start of the money-time, Chartres took a first ascendant on a long distance basket from its leader Olivier Romain, immediately blocked by St-Vallier (76-77, 37 ‘).

A three points from Ludovic Chelle put the two teams tied (80-80, 38 ‘). Saint-Vallier approached the last minute with a three-point lead. In a counter-attack which could have put the scoreboard level again, Ludovic Chelle was whistled for a technical foul on a long-distance shoot. anger spread over the Chartres bench.

Philippe Namyst, the Saint-Vallier coach

There was then one last possession (80-84, 39’40 “). And Chartres left the leadership to Saint-Vallier 80-85.