Monaco therefore distorted the end of the championship. By “dropping” its match on the penultimate day against Cholet, the “Roca team” brought joy to the Maugeois, who qualified down to the wire on the last day of the regular season. Who proposed to Asvel a derby in Roanne which it will not find next season, since the Choir returns to Pro B, which it had left five years ago.
As in 2014, after a final match which allowed Edwin Jackson to finish as top scorer in Pro A, she won. But unlike this one-sided encounter (74-106), it suffered enormously before defeating a Roanne team which only admitted defeat in the final seconds, after having surprisingly dominated the rebound (43-37, 16 offensive takes for Antoine Diot and his partners), taking advantage of the mistakes which very quickly cut off Fall’s wings.
“We need to refocus”
“It was laborious. We played with our weapons, and in particular with Mbaye (Ndiaye) at post 5, and we have a different team in these conditions, especially when we do not have Mike Scott. We lacked skill, space to stretch the defenses. We will take some positives from this victory after a defensive match against a team that had no pressure. We managed to win by not being brilliant offensively and that reminds us that every match is very difficult. And we need to regain concentration before tackling the last sprint,” commented Pierric Poupet, coach of a team that won by shooting with a 38% success rate and delivering only twelve assists. And will therefore find, as expected, Saint-Quentin in the quarter-final. A promoted who had corrected it in Picardy (91-71) and had flirted with the feat at the Astroballe (79-77).
“It’s a very good team, one of the best at home. I hope we will have a little more freshness and concentration than tonight. He’s probably the toughest opponent we could come up against,” concludes Poupet. Whose team could challenge Paris in the semi-final if it overcomes the obstacle represented by the third best defense in the championship.
Luwawu-Cabarrot 22 points
In Roanne (Halle Vacheresse): Asvel beats Chorale de Roanne 69 to 66 (20-19, 18-19, 11-13, 20-15). Around 5000 spectators.
For Roanne: Bouzidi 14, Doumbouya 13, Morin 14, Moendadze 8, Diot 7, Grady 6, Langevine 2, Ngoy 2.
For Asvel: Luwawu-Cabarrot 22, Jackson 16, Lee 10, Ndiaye 6, Lighty 5, Fall 3, Yaacov 3, Kahudi 2, Thomas 2.
2024-05-11 20:53:35
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