The suspense was at the rendezvous of the shock for the maintenance between Poitiers and Saint-Chamond, the Poitevins in particular had to deal with a determined Guichard-Hoyaux tandem (11 points, 10 assists and 24 points at 8/11 at 3 points ) as well as a Jérôme Cazenobe “clutch” in the finale.
But the Keita-Cowels-Ramljak trio (16, 21 and 14 points) did what was necessary to snatch overtime and then to take the best in the last five minutes, Ivan Ramljak scoring the winning lay-up in the very last moments. (92-87).
The other meeting was the scene of a butcher’s shop, Saint-Quentin having dominated his subject in Rouen to win by 41 points (59-100). The SQBB was already leading 24 points at the break (28-52), led by Parker Jackson Cartwright (19 points, 6 assists) and Lien Phillip (13 points, 9 rebounds). The Gillet-Yeboah-Rhoomes trio kept up the pressure when they returned from the locker room and Rouen did not go the distance.
