the essentials This Tuesday, Tarbes-Lourdes failed to put its game in place and lost to Saint-Vallier (91-79). An electric shock is expected before the start of the play-offs against SOM Boulogne.
If there was a team that had everything to gain this Tuesday at the Complexe des Deux Rives, it was Tarbes-Lourdes, the visitors being 4th in the play-off group before the start of this meeting, where Saint- Vallier had already carved his 9th place in stone.
The top 5 allowing us to keep home advantage until the semi-finals of the next and final phase of accession to Pro B, we could guess on whose shoulders the pressure was. It is perhaps this which drew the scenario of the meeting, as the Hauts-Pyrénées gradually let go of ballast. The SVBD started very strongly (9-2, 3rd) under the leadership of a Deng Geu in the oven and in the mill at the finish (25 points) and in the racket in defense.
Volunteers, Stéphane Dao’s players tried to stay in contact, notably behind a three-point shot from Niels Pharose (16-14), but without going the distance. “We missed a lot of free throws, a lot of lay-ups, etc. This is partly what ruined the scenario of the meeting,” explains Stéphane Dao. The youth of Drômois, unaccustomed to having so much playing time and probably taking advantage of this meeting without challenges for the locals, took the upper hand.
“There are players who still haven’t put two fingers in the grip”
The pivot Nathan Pineau, 22, delighted the room with his numerous shots taken (6/11) despite some avoidable losses of balls (37-29, 14th). The gap continued to grow, reaching 15 points in the 3rd quarter (72-57, 30th). Tarbes-Lourdes tries to play the game, plays towards the racket and obtains +1s which can rekindle the embers of a comeback, but the fire was on Saint-Vallier’s side. Not in a great evening in attack, Marius Chambre (2/13 shooting) and his teammates also suffered a lot in defense and in the paint, alternating the good and the less good.
Franck Yangue and Tidiane Badiane have often come up against the wall erected by the SVBD. At 86-70 in the 37th, the mass was said and the team in front of the scoreboard no longer changed (91-79). “We trained poorly, there were only three days between the two matches and there are players who still haven’t put two fingers in the grip. Maybe the players were waiting for the play-offs. We will have to show another face,” adds the coach.
In the rankings, Tarbes-Lourdes therefore finishes in 6th place and will start its play-off tree against SOM Boulogne. A remobilization is expected to hope to exist in this last phase of NM1 which crowned Hyères-Toulon, champion of France and promoted to Pro B.
Saint-Vallier 91 – Union 79
QT : 25-25, 27-16, 20-18, 19-20.
SAINT-VALLIER: 31 successful shots out of 63 attempted (including 12/29 at 3 points); 17 free throws made out of 19 attempted; 42 rebounds, 26 assists, 15 loose balls, 9 interceptions, 2 blocks, 19 personal fouls
Points: Fergusson (19), Tortosa (cap.) (15), Kebe-N’Guema (7), Geu (25), Rameyser (8); (then) Pineau (15), Sylla (0), Derradji (2), Morata (0), Cazenobe (-), Dumortier (-)
Union Tarbes-Lourdes: 29 successful shots out of 65 attempted (including 11/32 at 3 points); 10 free throws made out of 23 attempted; 31 rebounds, 24 assists, 14 loose balls, 7 interceptions, 1 block, 19 personal fouls
Points: Chambre (10), Pharose (14), Cece (17), Ateba (5), Badiane (0); (then) Boucaud (cap.) (10), Yangue Tankeu (10), Coudray (3), Queta (10), Atipa (0).
2024-04-16 21:23:45
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