Toulouse. Now the leader, the TMB knows it is expected by Nantes-Rezé

> The essential

Leader even with its late match against La Tronche-Meylan, Toulouse Métropole Basket is going to challenge Nantes Rezé who, with only five victories, if they only occupy 9th place in the standings, are capable of exploits such as his recent successes in Mondeville and Reims bear witness to this. Distrust is therefore in order.

> Classification

Toulouse is the leader of a championship disrupted by the pandemic. Five meetings postponed from the 12th and 14th days will be disputed, except for new cases of Covid, in February including TMB – La Tronche Meylan which has been rescheduled for February 16.

If we count only the number of defeats, TMB, which has lost only three times, remains first with one defeat less than Reims (current 3rd), Mondeville (4th) and La Tronche (5th), and two less than the SIG (2nd), Chartres (6th) and Montbrison (7th) which we should find in the spring in the quarter-finals. Nantes Rezé, with two defeats more than Aulnoye the current 8th, can hope to participate.

> Nantes Reze

On paper, the Nantes workforce is of quality and we imagined it before the season to be able to fight for the first places. Monique Akoa Makani confirms all the good that we thought of her in Lyon (LFB) where she comes from while being more used in position 3 than in her favorite position 2. The American Alexa Hart, who scores little, is one of the best rebounders in the championship. The pair of backs Camille Lenglet-Touty Gandega is capable of ravaging any defense.

> Xavier Noguera’s pre-match

“Nantes Rezé is a team on alternating current. It transcends itself against the teams at the top of the table and, it’s quite crazy, has a lot more trouble against the teams which dispute its championship, I would say. It is not a match to be taken lightly. The start of the game will be decisive. We must not let them hope and quickly stop the aggressiveness of their backs including Touty Gandega who, I do not worry about that, will be motivated against a of his former clubs. On our side, in terms of health, everything is fine even if we remain in expectation with regard to the ankles of Lorraine Lokoka.

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