Tiffany CLARKE and the Flames Carolo continue their good momentum in the championship © FIBA
The 16th day continued this Saturday with three matches on the program. Who knew how to take the best?
Results of matches played on 01/31 counting for the 16th day of the Boulangère Wonderligue:
| Charnay | Villeneuve d’Ascq | 67-79 |
| Landerneau BB | LDLC Asvel Feminine | 67-56 |
| Angers | Charleville-Mézières | 46-74 |
In its Maurice CHEVALIER Sports Center, Charnay had one of the worst starts to a match of the season with a 20-0 loss. Villeneuve d’Ascq and Alexis PETERSON (11 points, 8 rebounds) took advantage of this to obtain an advantage of +17 at the end of the 1st quarter (7-24). Aggression made the difference with 31 free throws obtained by the Guerrières in this match. The defense put in place by Maxime BEZIN and its players put the Pinkies in great difficulty who only scored 18 points at half-time. Indeed, the score had increased further at the break (18-42). Obviously the reaction came for the teammates of Shakayla THOMAS (16 points, 6 rebounds), but this was accompanied by too little defensive stoppage in the 3rd quarter. With 27 points scored from his bench, Terezia Palenikova (15 points, 2 rebounds) illustrated the effectiveness of the ESBVA-LM replacements last night. At the opening of the 4th quarter, Villeneuve d’Ascq still had an advantage of +14 (43-57). The game didn’t get any more exciting than that during the last 10 minutes of play with Charany’s team starting from too far away to achieve an exploit.
In Brittany, the LDLC Asvel Féminin came to challenge Landerneau who could count on the experience of Caroline Heriaud (18 points, 2 assists). The players of Another evil person were undermined during the 1st half with a 3-point skill that was not necessarily there (28% overall), but the 3rd quarter pleased the Cimenterie crowd. Before that, the Lionesses and Ainhoa RISACHER (7 points, 10 rebounds) started the match better by winning the first quarter by 6 points (15-22). The 2nd quarter was not very productive in attack with an 11 everywhere, and a festival of missed shots. With 39 balls lost overall, the match was a trap to avoid for both camps. Rebecca TSOBGNY (12 points, 5 assists) responded well after the break by finally finding distance and this allowed the Louves to take the advantage after 30 minutes of play (46-42). The start of the 4th quarter put an “LA” in Landerneau’s determination to win this game. The LDLC Asvel Féminin was at the bottom of the wave and it was costly for the teammates of Jess Me ZODIAC (13 points, 8 rebounds). Despite a 7 out of 14 made on free throws, the Landernéennes managed to achieve new success at home.
Charleville-Mézières mastered his move well in the Salle de Jean Bouin against Angers. In the same triptych as the first leg, the players of Romuald YERNAUX quickly showed their intentions in order to overwhelm the partners ofAnna NGO NDJOCK (8 points, 7 rebounds). Like their offensive leader finishing at 26% on shots, the Angevines had little success and this had an impact from the first quarter. The Flames Carolo obtained a +11 after the first 10 minutes and this gave them confidence Maia HIRSH (11 points, 7 rebounds). The teammates ofIsabelle STRUNC (8 points, 4 rebounds) were in total control at halftime with an advantage which had been further consolidated (15-42). The 19 balls lost overall necessarily worked against the players ofAurélie BONNAN who fell behind by up to -30 at the end of the 3rd quarter (29-59). No Angers player reached the 10-point mark, while the partners of Tiffany CLARKE (13 points, 3 assists) continued the work to complete an authoritarian away victory.
A true fan of team sports for many years! Born the same year in which Limoges CSP won the first European Cup in the history of French sport, was undoubtedly no coincidence! Even though oval ball is king where I live, I like to help highlight women’s basketball.
