Tours : 72
Andrézieux: 84
Cold snap in Monconseil this Friday evening! While the TMB was indeed attacking the top group with ambition, it experienced great disillusionment by falling against Andrézieux (72-84). A defeat that hurts, but a logical defeat after the disappointing performance of the Tourangeaux, against a team from the Loire that was very solid for forty minutes.
Faced with the aggressive defense of the visitors, the TMB never really knew how to find the fault collectively, also dropping too many offensive rebounds to the formidable Andréziens of efficiency like Diarra (25 pt, 8 rebounds, 7 caused fouls) . With attacking leaders struggling, Tours always ran behind the score, without managing to reverse the trend. A missed start that will have to be digested quickly, in order to hope to bounce back on Tuesday in Avignon…
A laborious start to the match
From the start of the match, the Tourangeaux showed a certain excitement, losing numerous balls (7 in the first quarter), allowing Andrézieux to quickly widen the gap with a quick play (11-20, 9th). A lack of control that is not very reassuring against a quality rival, even if the TMB stopped this bad sequence with a tap dunk from Dargenton and a penetration from Léon just before the siren (15-20, 10th).
The locals had to toughen up their tone on both sides of the pitch to truly “wake up”. This was the case, with more obvious aggressiveness in defense, and an inside basket from Sylla confirming the local surge (19-20, 11th).
People from Tourange are struggling collectively
But Andrézieux would nevertheless retain control, thanks to a defense preventing the Tourangeaux from developing their collective. And as Diarra (16 pt at the break) regularly won below, and Malonga and Bouteille, left alone, hit the mark from afar, the gap swelled again for the visitors (22-28, then 29-38 at the end). 17th).
The Loire team’s moving play undermined local vigilance until the break (34-42, 20th). Laborious, the TMB was unable to impose its rhythm and its power. A reaction from Tours therefore became essential upon returning from the locker room.
Too timid a reaction
Except that the Andréziens, with confidence, would continue to play fair, like Diop, to stay in front (36-46, then 41-48 in the 24th). Despite a close call from Touraine by Vitale-Boiteux at three points, and Dargenton on the counter-attack (48-50, 27th), Cucherat and Hyenne allowed the visitors to loosen their grip at the start of the last ten minutes (53-59, 30th).
The TMB tried to turn things around, but if Andrézieux quickly saw himself penalized by mistakes, he found external solutions through Ville, Malonga and Diop to stay the course (61-68, 35th). A success which fled the premises, once again without a solution to circumvent the hermetic defense of Guillaume Quintard’s men.
Andrézieux efficient until the end
An Andrézieux team which even retained all its offensive efficiency in the final to definitively extinguish any hope from Tours (65-77, 38th). A deserved success for visitors who were consistent throughout the game, and who managed to thwart a lackluster TMB. In any case, Cédric Heitz’s team got off to a bad start in this second phase…
The sheet
The quarters: 15-20, 19-22, 19-17, 19-25.
Judges: MM. Kiritharan and Benhadouda.
Spectators: around 1,500.
Tours MB: Vitale-Boiteux (15), Suggs (10), Léon (5), Sylla (8), Kaba (2), Dargenton (14), Edzata (3), Paschal (7), Monceau (3), Venckus (5). Ent. : C. Heitz.
Andrézieux: Malonga (8), Weber (6), Hyenne (6), Ville (3), Dufeal (7), Bouteille (11), Burrows (4), Diarra (23), Cucherat (6), Diop (10) ). Ent. : G. Quintard.
2024-03-08 22:00:22
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