For the 11th day of the Women’s League and the first match of 2022, the BLMA has fallen.
The BLMA will therefore have attacked the new year as it had finished the previous one, for a setback. He will have missed “a little more work, since I have a team in the process of rebuilding itself”, estimated Valéry Demory. For the leader Berruyer, LFB’s best attack, the Hérault troops first fished in defense. With 51 points conceded at the break and a collective assessment that said a lot about the domination of the Tango (69 to 39), the BLMA was on the ropes (51-39). Blame it on an efficient Iliana Rupert (14 points) and double the assists for the TBB (16 to 8).
However, the visitors were not dropped thanks to Sydney Wallace and Olivia Epoupa’s activity. Without Romane Bernies, not qualified but with Ana Dabovic, back to competition for the first time since the Olympics, Lattes-Montpellier saw the gap stabilize around ten points. A good passage from Endy Miyem offered a more substantial mattress to the Tango (67-52, 28th). With Haley Peters (15 pts, 8 rebounds) and Sydney Wallace, the BLMA, however, clung to the hope of a reversal situation after an award-winning basket from the latter (88-81, 38th), top scorer of the match (24 units, 9 of 17 shooting).
But two last inspirations of Iliana Rupert, in double-double (21 points, 12 rebounds, 27 evaluation), gave the victory to the Tango, who will have led the whole game (92-85). “In the frame of mind, the girls have been fine, with a interesting content, appreciated Valéry Demory. With a larger workforce, I think the team will ramp up“.
❌ At the end of a very engaged match marked by many offensive runs, the Gazelles will not have managed to create a surprise on the Prado floor. They tilt 92 to 85.
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