Big challenge for C’Chartres Basket Féminin in Feytiat, second in the standings

On paper, the CCBF (4th) has a good card to play this evening, in Feytiat: the promoted from Haute-Vienne remain on two consecutive losses on their floor (in front of Mondeville then Charnay).

But in practice, the case is far from being tied up in the face of surprising promotions, which point to 2nd place when approaching the return phase.

“It’s a team that is not in this place by chance. Going to win at Montbrison (74-77, January 14) without their pivot (Rahmanovic, injured in the ankle and uncertain tonight) shows that they have resources. It is the team which causes the most faults and remains the most skilful in the free throw in the division, ”explains Benoît Marty, the coach of the CCBF, still deprived of his leader India Farcy, this evening.

The CCBF imposes itself in the snatch in Champagne

Statistics that contrast with those of his protégés in Reims on Saturday. In Champagne, the victory had almost escaped the CCBF, far too imprecise at 4.60 m from the board (12/26). “We had control of the game for a long time before getting scared a minute from the end (62-58)”, rewinds Marty, who was able to count on the cold blood of his captain, Élise Marié, to convert the two attempts to win (62-63).

Le danger Middelton

But the Corrèze technician, who finds Limousin this evening, prefers to read beyond this nervousness of facade: “We played three meetings which were sealed on a possession. We won all three,” he recalls.

Also reassured about the ability of his players to export themselves (they remained on two defeats in a row), the technician hopes to confirm this evening: “We will have to be as aggressive as the opponent. And show that we have memory, ”says Marty, who had attended from his bench the festival of the American leader of FB87 Alexa Middleton, author of 35 points at the Jean-Cochet hall in the first leg (victory 63-82) .

Out of the question that history stutters tonight…

David Berthelem