The highly anticipated clash between the two co-leaders of LFB, Bourges and Villeneuve d’Ascq (tied with Basket Landes), a remake a week later of the Coupe de France quarter-final which had largely turned in favor of Tango ( 57-74), did not produce a huge match. The fault, for the most part, is the clumsiness of Olivier Lafargue’s daughters, who after an honest start to the match (24-22, 10th) got bogged down in bad choices and lost balls (21 for Bourges, against 17 for visitors).
Largely in the lead at the break (38-42, 20th), the Berruyères returned from the locker room in a very poor mood. To the point of letting the gap grow far too quickly (42-57), while displaying immense nervousness, often punished (3 technical fouls and one unsportsmanlike). Buoyed by her fine three-point skill (10 out of 18, 55%), but also by the points record in LFB for the American Kamiah Smalls (20 points), the ESBVA then only had to manage its advantage (85-68 victory), synonymous with an 11th victory in the Championship, and therefore the lead retained to the detriment of Bourges, whose current poor form in LFB (3 defeats in a row) – weighed down by an elimination in the round of 16 Eurocup final – must necessarily be worrying.
Basket Landes remains co-leader, Asvel in control against Flammes Carolo
In its François-Mitterrand space, Basket Landes did not miss the opportunity, against Angers (84-71), to stay at the very top of the basket and join Villeneuve d’Ascq as co-leader. Julie Barennes’ players, in the lead at the break (44-39, 20th), made the difference in the third quarter (27-14), led in particular by Alexis Peterson (20 points in the game) and Laura Geiselsoder ( 15 points) and Kendra Chery (15 points, 7 rebounds).
2/12/23
Basket Landes has not lost in the Championship since December 2, 2023 and a setback conceded to Charnay (52-63). That’s a series of six successes in LFB.
At home, the women’s Asvel did not really tremble against the Flammes Carolo, even if we had to wait until the last quarter, one-way (22-5) to see the Lionesses take off with the score (82-60 , final score). Marine Johannès (19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists) and Gabby Williams (22 points, 10 rebounds) were the main Rhone weapons of the evening, allowing the reigning French champion, on a series of three successes, to remain in the lead. Aguets in 4th place in the ranking (9v-5d) with more than one victory behind Bourges.
In the other results of the evening, Marie-Paule Foppossi’s Tarbes (20 points) largely won against Saint-Amand (83-55). Lattes Montpellier and Romane Bernies (17 points), who had not won for four outings in the Championship, relaunched in Charnay (90-74).
