Poitiers will play the upper hen, Tours and LyonSO almost maintained: the lessons of the 25th day

Tuesday evening was the penultimate day of the first phase of National 1. Enough to make the stakes particularly high with regard to the fight for the Top 5, thus allowing hope for direct accession to Pro B , or to avoid low chicken, synonymous with maintaining NM1.

The race for the Top 5

Pool A

In the West, four teams are now guaranteed to participate in the upper pool: Rennes, Chartres, the surprise Loon Plage and Poitiers. The PB86 scored their ticket on Tuesday by disposing of Les Sables d’Olonne (69-59). The reward for a nice turnaround, highlighted by coach Andy Thornton-Jones in the columns of The New Republic. “This validates our presence in the upper pool, the first objective we set ourselves with the team. It was a pleasure. On the evening of the first leg against Loon-Plage, we were five wins for six losses and we were not in great shape. But we managed to reverse the situation with a good series (11 wins over the last 14 games). The team has been evolving for three months. We want to continue to progress. We don’t want to stop there. »

For the last ticket, Toulouse took the advantage over Vitré. After being led by 16 points by Tarbes-Lourdes, the TBC won at the finish thanks to a last basket from Maxence Dadiet (76-74) while the Aurore fell to the leader Chartres (76-79). But the Bretons having the average basket, everything will be decided in the last match, with a more favorable program for them: they will receive Rueil while Toulouse will go to Loon Plage.

Pool B

Andrézieux-Bouthéon is going to bite his fingers! With the defeat of Le Havre at home against Orchies (94-96), the ABLS had a golden opportunity to regain 5th place, thanks to the basket-average. But no, Laurent Pluvy’s team was unable to win in Toulon (86-92), thus losing their second game of the season against HTV (-19 in the first leg). Despite the affordable reception of Pont-de-Chéruy on Friday, the upper hen now seems unaffordable since the Normans will welcome a team from Kaysersberg in distress. KABCA have lost 7 of their last 8 games, including 33 points yesterday in Rouen. In the East, the RMB, Orchies, Caen and Mulhouse have already qualified for the top of the table.

The race to maintain

Pool A

After a catastrophic start to the season, Tours has revived tremendously under the leadership of Valérie Garnier. And the TMB can still maintain its crazy dream of playoffs. Thus, the teammates of Scott Suggs (23 points) took a huge step towards maintaining by beating Lorient (88-79). “So it’s a match full of the team, and the match that was needed in terms of combat values”underlines the former technician of the Blue in the columns of The New Republic. Tours almost had the perfect evening since its direct competitor, Tarbes-Lourdes, lost at the finish in Toulouse. The Tourangeaux will try to finish the job in Tarbes on Friday, knowing that they have a nice safety mattress (+28). But Tours will play for the win, warns Valérie Garnier. “We won’t have to go there to maintain the 28-point lead but to win because it’s interesting for us to stay in a positive spiral…”