Deprived of his leader Yann Siegwarth (suspended for three techniques), Sébastien Lambert also had to do without his American winger Steven Green, giving his preference to Serbian Dejan Sencanski. A choice of coaching already seen against Avignon, a fortnight ago, during the last championship match and then previously in Le Havre, which did not prevent the CCBM from winning these two meetings.
Too late awakening of the Chartrains
But this time, the CCBM machine got stuck. Jostled in the first act (16-18), the Chartrains found oxygen in the next (32-24, 16 ‘) before letting their prey return at the break, then completely missing out on their recovery. During this third quarter, Clerence’s teammates scored only 12 points and let the Doubistes escape (52-60). If the CCBM tried to come back in the final seconds (70-72, 39 ‘), Knezevic sounded the death knell for the locals.
Jean-André Provost
CHARTRES (Jean-Cochet hall). Besançon beats Chartres 77 to 72 (half time: 40-38) (quarter time: 16-18, 24-20, 12-22, 20-17). Arbitrators: MM. Adam and Cartigny. Spectators: around 700.
Chartres : Thalien (4), Bernaoui (12), Mekdad (4), Sencanski (), Clerence (5) then Bouloukouet (5), Ucles (15), Doumbia (7), Békoulé-Ekambi (5), Mukuna (4) .
Besançon: Vitale-Boiteux (3), Foucault (14), Tonji (3), Valayer (9), Redikas (9) then Huger (), N. Knezevic (12), Laporal (15), First name (9).
Difference :+8 for Chartres (32-24, 16 ‘); +11 for Besançon (57-68, 34 ‘).
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