In the first leg, on December 11, Chartres had suffered one of the worst snubs in its history at the Jean-Cochet hall against a modest team in the division, BC Montbrison, who came to win by 18 points (64-82 ). The formation of the Loire (8th) has secured its place in the play-offs while Chartres will have to consolidate its rank behind the leader, Toulouse. It will not be an easy task because, in the last six home matches, the BCM has lost only once, against Toulouse (69-77).
First leg: the Chartraines lose to Montbrison for their last of the year (December 2021)
“We have a little revenge on the first leg. It’s the only time in the season where we have conceded more than 80 points, ”notes Benoît Marty, the coach of the second defense of Ligue 2 (60.5 points / match). “In addition, the week before the Montbrison match, we had players affected by Covid and most of them had to train alone. And Élise (Married) was coming back from an injury…”
The American has changed
On the Montbrison side, the team has changed its style of play a lot because coach Corinne Benintendi had to do without the services of post 3 Jade Hamaoui, in whom he was diagnosed with a heart problem, and his American pivot Jaisa Nunn. Nunn (24) had to stop her season, too, due to a cyst in her knee.
The American was quite simply the best scorer (21.3 pts) and the best rebounder (9.3) in the championship. She was replaced by winger Shenita Landry, more experienced (34 years old) and who knows the French championship and the division perfectly for having raged in Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Angers and Reims. “She’s a more mobile and technical player, playing in a different position from Nunn. Montbrison had to change his game,” says Marty.
