SLUC Nancy (Pro B) – Châlons-Reims (Jeep Elite)
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The truth of friendly matches is by definition that of friendly matches … But if it is appropriate to take the results with the necessary reservations in preparation, it is not forbidden to savor sometimes. Leaving from the Pont-à-Mousson Sports Hall, the Nancy residents could thus have the feeling of having made a rather satisfactory copy in addition to having achieved a prestigious success against a resident of Jeep Elite. So of course, Châlons-Reims is still deprived of its Americans Jalen Adams and Dominique Archie and has just recovered Ekene Ibekwe, Travis Leslie and Jimmie Taylor…
But SLUC Nancy, still deprived of Vincent Vent, will at least have had the merit of stepping into the breach after a hesitant first quarter and stifling the Chalonnais thanks to a defense more in place than last week against Dijon. “We have made some progress especially in the defense of pick-and-roll (two-player game with screen, Editor’s note)” noted Nancy coach François Peronnet, “it is true that there has been a step forward on the defensive plan but our start of the game is not like that. There is a bit of frustration not to have been able to have this consistency throughout the game ”.
SLUC Nancy had, it is true, had a rather complicated start in harvesting its ammunition (14-20 after a quarter and 4/16 in shoots). But the rest had been much more consistent and Nancy had taken the lead on the wings of a 17-3 (31-23, 16 ‘) driven by Bastien Vautier in particular (9 pts to 100% in the second quarter including … a shoot enhanced!).
After joining the locker room 12 lengths ahead (41-29), SLUC Nancy will see its mattress peak at 24 units in the third quarter (59-35, 29 ‘).
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Houmounou stacks up the interceptions
Opposite, the former Nancy assistant Cédric Heitz may multiply the changes, his team was sorely lacking in automatisms and common experience to reverse the trend despite the slaughter of a very single Velicka (26 pts to 64%).
Meredis Houmounou piled up the interceptions (7) and Nancy feasted on counter-attacks to fly to an easy success, the largest of a Pro B team against a resident of Jeep Elite since the start of the preparation. Anecdotal, of course. But the Nancéiens gained confidence before participating in the tournament in Blois on Friday. With the objective in particular of continuing to progress on the defensive level. It was the case this Tuesday …
SLUC Nancy: Vautier 13 (8 rebounds), De Lattibeaudière 12, Labanca 12, Franke 9, Houmounou 9, Lewis 9 (6 assists), Goudou-Sinha 8, Nkaloulou 4, Kanoute 2.
Chalons-Reims: Velicka 26 (6 rebounds), Gauzin 7 (3 assists), Begarin 6, Ibekwe 6, Kayembé 5, Leslie 5, Taylor 5 (3 assists), Mbida 3, Duchêne 1.
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