The Rouennais were wary. They shouldn’t have. L’Hermine‘s big victory against Fos-sur-Mer a week ago was just a damp squib. Friday November 15, 2024, at Kindarena, the frail Nantes skiff took on water in the first minutes, the fault of the Normans who were reinvigorated after their success in Caen in the derby. A number illustrated the domination of the Leopards: 24. It was, at the break, the number of rebounds taken by the RMB (including 11 offensive), double the number of Nantais! Sylvain Delorme’s men offered themselves second or even third chances on almost all of their possessions.
“Over the past ten days, we have regained our combativeness, this is what we lacked in previous matches: combativeness and solidarityconfided captain Karim Gourari afterwards. We lost because of that. We have a different face at the moment, we will try to keep it. » Qualified, the new recruit of the NBH, Riddley, nevertheless entered the game well with five consecutive points but his points did not carry much weight against the long shots of the Rouennais, who took a 20 point lead on a winning shot, in the corner , from Nadolny (36-16). Ramstedt responded twice at the end of the second quarter (40-24), which somewhat softened the score at the break.
A one-sided match
If Nantes could still harbor some ambitions, they would quickly be showered by Rouen’s external address. Riddley brought Nantes to -12 (40-28) but, behind, a torrential rain fell on the heads of the Loire-Atlantique players. The RMB planted six arrows right in the center in the third quarter alone. Ndjock then Wibaut brought RMB’s lead to +29 (72-43). The absence of a leader, in this case that of Jean-Fabrice Dossou best evaluation from Nantes, to sound the revolt weighed on the opponent who was being carried around to the four corners of the racket.
The Ermine was completely stalled. On the Norman side, Delorme gave everyone the opportunity to make their contribution. Rouen could once again look upwards by passing the 100 point mark for the first time this season on a final long shot from Rouen MVP of the month of October Kayouloud. “It was not such an easy victory, at no time did we take them lightlyconcluded Delorme. They have good shooters and we had to make sure they didn’t get heat stroke all the time. Once the 3rd quarter was over, we could tell ourselves that it was going to be easy but before that, we know that in Pro B everything is possible. »
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In Rouen, Rouen MB beats Nantes BH 101-66 (40-26)
(26-10, 14-16, 32-17, 29-23)
Referees: MM. Collin, Monsire and Cartigny. Spectators: 2000.
Rouen MB: Nadolny 17 points, Golitin 11, Ngoy 2, Hammond 5, Ndjock 14, Kayouloud 16, Gourari 8, Mambo 6, Wibaut 9, Auguet 3, Malka 5, Choua 5.
Coach : Sylvain Delorme.
Nantes BH: Poirier 5 points, Ramstedt 14, Benitez 4, Farkas, Gauthier 2, Riddley 19, Lofberg 3, Boum, Marnette 6, Kangudia 9, Kuyo 4.
Coach : Rémi Valin.
