At the end of a breathtaking suspense and an incredible combination of circumstances, the Amicale de Lucé won, last Sunday, its rise in Prenational. An accession expected for 24 years and acquired thanks to a great success against the neighbor Barjouville (78-63), but especially to the surprising defeat of the reserve of the ADA Blois, at the 7th in the classification, Montargis (85-72) .
A surprise climb but not that much, as Anne Boureaud, the coach of an Amicale that she took over five years ago, tells us. “It’s a deserved climb in view of our confrontations with the first four and contenders for the Prénationale. We are the only ones, with Champhol (note: leader who ends with two defeats), to count two losses on the Top 4 (note: Blois 3 defeats and Déols-Etrechet 5 defeats, see ranking opposite)*…”
“Coming out of two blank years with the pandemic, we didn’t really know where we were going. And the start was, moreover, laborious…”
Anne Boureaud (Coach of the Amicale de Lucé)
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At the start of the championship, nothing predicted such an outcome for the Amicale de Lucé, which had lost five players in the offseason, which, after three days, already had two losses and which, on the 4th day, lost its real leader. , Alexis Haie, victim of a ruptured Achilles tendon. “If at the start of the season, all the players believed in the rise, after having experienced two in a row**. Personally, continues Anne Boureaud, I had never announced it. Coming out of two blank years with the pandemic, we didn’t really know where we were going. And the start was, moreover, laborious…”
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Fourteen Rank Achievements
But, following a series of 14 victories in a row, the Amicale really believed in its star. Co-leader with Champhol five days before the end, with a victory ahead of ADA Blois and Déols-Etrechet, the Amicale would finally lose the thread by aligning three defeats. She wasn’t going to be the only one. Blois bowed twice while Déols was going to miss his last four meetings. Tied with the Blésois, but with an unfavorable point-average, Lucé no longer believed in it before the final round. Finally, the ADA Blois, reserve of ProB which had announced the rise, cracked at the worst moment, thus making the great happiness of the protégés of Anne Boureaud.
The membership of the Amicale de Lucé:
Julien Guillaume (post 1), Alexis Haie (post 1), Shekinah Bompoko-Balombe (post 1, U20), Simon Berrou (post 2), Antoine Juignet (post 2), Jules Babonneau (post 3), Marc Lepagnot (post 3), Jérémy Girard (post 3-4), Mahamadou Samoura (post 4), Clément Baruzier (cap., post 5), Abdou Kapela (post 5), Ousmane Thiam (post 5).
Coach : Anne Boureaud assisted by Aurore Meslin (physiotherapist).
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* Regional Ranking 2. 1. Champhol 42 points; Amicale Lucé 39 pts; ADA Blois (2) 38 pts; 4. Deols-Etrechet 37 pts; 5. Barjouville (2) 34 points…
** The Amicale de Lucé is in its third accession in a row after going up to R3 in 2018 and R2 in 2019 (the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons were declared white due to Covid-19).
3 but not 4.
The only Eurelian representative in the Pre-National this season, the Basket Club de la Vallée d’Avre has only spent one season at this level. 9th after their defeat against the Orleans leader on Sunday (60-82), the Tangos of Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre and Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets return to R2 despite an honorable record of 8 wins for 14 losses.
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Jean-Andre Provost
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