“Everything was decided in the first quarter, analyzes Timoté Dussart, the coach of Luçon. We knew that as soon as we weakened just a little bit, they were going to break away, and that’s what happened. »
Although well into their match, through Moukenge, the locals responded with their leader-scorer Podolsky, with a three-point success. Aggressive and virile, Challans’ defense cut off all interior attempts, notably by Fofana and Pasquier. 27-17 in the first quarter, the hole is made.
“The important thing was to win”
The second quarter was to the advantage of Luçon (19-21) thanks, among other things, to Barthélémy skillful at three points. He scored a +5 in finesse and Luçon came back to 31-26 (16′). Unable to approach the basket, Luçon had to fight hard to make his way, Fernandez’s path being blocked by constant individual defense. At the break Luçon remained in ambush (46-38).
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Afterwards, the visitors did not give up. For Challans, the bench’s contribution was decisive. Bernard and Ponzo were in tune. In the end, Challans Riez Vie won 79-73, Luçon could not get back together. “We were a little disorderly in the approach to this meeting,” admitted Freddy Massé, the local coach. We played with our big three and the depth of the bench shuffled the cards. They played a match of stragglers and for us, the important thing was to win even if we were a little less good at times. ».
CHALLANS – LUÇON: 79-73
(27-17, 19-21, 19-17, 14-18)
CHALLANS. Grimault (11), Ponzo (3), Pasquier (11), Bernard (6), Dezalle (7), Bouron (2), Podolsky (26), Ehouzou (1), Fofana (9).
LUSON. Boisliveau, Rouet (2), Thiandoume (12), Bernier (6), Ferré (3), Fernandez (16), Wright (3), Bounolleau (2), Rafii (11), Barthélémy (14), Moukenge (4) ).
