Basket Landes will most likely not play in the top 4 of the Women’s League regular season. The delay accumulated at the start of the season seems a priori too substantial seven days from the end since the fourth, Villeneuve-d’Ascq or Lattes-Montpellier, who face each other on Sunday, will maintain a four lengths lead after the 15th day.
But the Landaises did not abdicate, far from it, and continued their rise in the standings this Saturday by winning without firing a shot at La Roche-sur-Yon (76-59) against another candidate for fifth place. . Marine Fauthoux’s teammates (7 points, 6 assists) largely led at the break (40-17) and controlled their lead despite a drop in speed in the last quarter.
Charleville also clings to the wagon. The Flames won on the wire against Landerneau (67-64) to stay up to Basket Landes in the standings. Led after thirty minutes, Tarbes delivered a big last quarter (33-21) with 35 points (season record) and 6 rebounds from Isabelle Yacoubou to win in the very last seconds (72-67) against in Saint-Amand and steal eighth place in Angers, clearly dominated at home by the co-leader, Asvel (90-74). Sandrine Gruda had 21 points and 9 rebounds for the Lyonnaises.
Hanging on to the break (37-36), Bourges, the other leader, accelerated in the second half (40-16, 77-52 in the end) with, among other things, 16 points and 8 assists from the young international Pauline Astier.
