Le Portel bows on the wire against Le Mans

The Portal was so close… At the end of an intense match which held the whole cauldron in suspense, Le Mans ended up winning against the portelois after extension (75-71).

Despite a fine performance without Benoit Mangin, Austin Tilghman and Emmanuel Nzekwesi, Éric Girard’s men recorded a 6th consecutive defeat in Betclic ELITE. Cruel when you see the physiognomy of the match and the good copy made by theESSME. If the Manceaux made the perfect start to the match, the Northerners held on and took the lead at the break thanks to a very good second quarter. (38-37). After the break, the pace of the first half fell, but it was the Manceaux who took control of the game (44-52, 30’) before starting the money-time.

Nadir Hifi tear it off prolongation

The Portal recovered in the last act and dominated his opponent. Thus, the portelois caught up again and came back up to Manceaux. There were then 4 minutes of play left and the two teams went blow for blow until the end of the match. where Nadir Hifi a driven and to registered the overtime basket 3 seconds from the buzzer (65-65). Finally, the Manceaux managed the extension and took advantage of the lack of skill of the portelois to swerve and win (71-75).

At the mark, theESSME The Portal could count on Ronald Curry (18 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists for 14 rating)Zoran Nikolic (12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks for 19 rating) and Nadir Hifi (14 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists for 10 rating). On the side of Le Mans, Williams Narace has been in the oven and in the mill (25 points and 11 rebounds for 25 rating) while he was well helped by Three Tinkle (16 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists for 22 rating).

With this victory, Le Mans recovers after the defeat against Boulogne-Levallois while the Portal continues to get stuck in the bottom of the table with six consecutive defeats.

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