Arriving at a new club and getting injured almost instantly is a hardship. This is what Rayte’a Long experienced, when she came out of a full match against Calais (23 points and 5/5 at long distance), which had earned her the title of “L2 player of the week”.
A promising start but mowed down by a strained calf that appeared in training and confirmed during the hard-won match at Mondeville (2nd day), 61-64, on October 2.
Six weeks of unavailability
The following ? Six weeks of unavailability as long as a day without bread for “Tee”: “I had a hard time going through it because it was the first time that I was without playing for so long. I had already had physical problems, but that did not prevent me from being on the floor ”, indicates the former player of La Glacerie (with whom she won the rise in L2, in 2018) and La Tronche, club that it found on Saturday, in the advanced match of the 11th day, for the third episode of its “recovery phase”, after Strasbourg and Nantes-Rezé (two defeats at stake).
New CCBF defeat in Nantes-Rezé
While the CCBF was, once again, in bad shape and led by three units to two minutes from the buzzer, the strong winger from Ohio decided to take matters in hand and reverse the course of the encounter.
CCBF regains success
Reliable hand and strength of character pegged to the body, the major recruit of the Chartres offseason put the CCBF in front, at the best time (51-54). Allowing him to temporarily resettle in the leader’s chair in Ligue 2 (pending the Mondeville match, which played last night in Reims), for the benefit of this short but precious success. The first since November 6 (against Aulnoye 72-41, 7th j.).
Five league matches
Suffice to say that after a short zone of turbulence, the group from Chartres seems to have regained serenity at the same time as its American wing, passed by the University of Nashville (Tennessee), when challenging Montbrison this evening (8 p.m. ), at the Hall: “This match at La Tronche was perhaps a turning point. I received a great reception from the public and I reunited with my friend, Morgan Batey. I felt good, in any case better, enough to take the last shots, ”says the American, only five L2 matches on the clock this season (including three on one leg) and who is still only estimated 60% of his best level.
What to give indications to his future adversaries. Rayte’a Long, far from his best level, managed a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in Isère…
CHARTRES (halle Jean-Cochet), this Saturday, December 11, at 8 p.m.
C’Chartres BF : Long, Hillotte, Bienvenu, Niane, Farcy, Debaut, Marié, Mahoutou, Mfutila, Griard.
Rayte’a LONG
27 years old. Born January 3, 1994 in Dayton (Ohio). Position: wing-strong (position 4). Its clubs: University of Nashville (2012-2016), La Glacerie (N1, 2016-2018), La Tronche-Meylan (L2, 2018-2021), C’Chartres BF (L2, 2021-…). His statistics this season: 5 matches played, 9.8 points (45.5% success), 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assist, 11 in the evaluation.
David Berthélem
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