The Bourges basketball players largely won at home against Basket Landes (77-53) in their Prado room in match 1 of the semi-finals of the French championship, while the Lyonnaises went to win in Villeneuve d’Ascq (80-78). Pierre Vincent’s players will be able to qualify directly for the final of the Women’s League if they succeed in their Lyon venue in Mado-Bonnet on Friday evening, while the Berruyères will have to win on the Basket Landes ground if they want to avoid a decisive match 3.
If the poster of the semi-final of the Women’s League between Bourges and Basket Landes was the same as the final of the Coupe de France won at the end of the suspense by the Montoises after two extensions, the scenario of match 1 of the halves does not absolutely was not the same. Le Tango, pushed by their Prado audience, quickly took control of the game, thanks to Sweden’s Elin Eldebrink (17 points), while Iliana Rupert, with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists was the player of Bourges most prominent.
«The key to this match was the defense and we had a full match. The defense was exemplary tonight. We should not let them impose their basketball. We have to recover because we left some energy and we’ll play again in three days“, commented Elodie Godin, at the microphone of Sport in France.
