Like Cholet, Le Mans will be obliged to win in its match 2 of the BCL play-in. Indeed, this Wednesday evening, the MSB, which played a Greek team for the third time after its double confrontation against Peristeri in the group, this time experienced defeat against a Hellenic club, Promitheas Patras. In a meeting where Elric Delord’s men blew hot and cold, the Sarthe team ultimately did not come far from winning in this first round (68-78).
The Le Mans roller coaster
After a good start (12-7, 5′), Le Mans was able to see that it did not necessarily have the same range of offensive talent in its squad. In a series match, the MSB conceded a scathing 15 points to 2 (14-21, 10′), before partially catching up by inflicting an 11 points to 4 over the last five minutes of the first period (30- 39). But in the face of a skillful Hunter Hale (25 points at 10/15 success on shots), Le Mans plunged after returning from the locker room.
The Sarthe club, which failed to make the necessary defensive stops in the 3rd quarter (40-62, 28′), also showed clumsiness in converting its numerous offensive rebounds (19 against 9) . But despite this, the MSB found the resources to come back very close at the start of the last minute (68-70, 39′) with a little more outside skill (2 shots from Matt Lewis, one from Hudgins and Narrace ).
A final decisive shot from the best Greek player of the evening
Except that this diabolical Hunter Haleauthor of his best career European performance for his first year in BCL, planted a huge 3-point shot on the nose ofAbdoulaye N’Doye (9 points) to give Patras a two-possession lead (78-73, 39’27). Le Mans, through Trevor Hudgins (15 points on 5/15 shooting, 4 rebounds and 5 assists), missed his comeback attempts and had to lose.
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