The final of the French women’s championship will be stamped 100% southwest, between Tarbes and Basket Landes who will both seek a second coronation after having qualified Sunday against Charleville-Mézière and Charnay after the semi-finals return to very different scenarios.
THE Landeschampions in 2021 and finalists last season, will have the advantage of the field in this final disputed in three winning matches from May 10. Secondly of the regular season (Tarbes finished 8th), they went up to Mont-de-Marsan their four points behind Charnay (63-67, 56-50) by being scared until the end, despite an advance of thirteen points at the end of the third quarter (48-35).
The Burgundians, who competed in their first semi-final, thus returned to six points (49-43, 34th; 51-45, 36th), then to five, to a possession of qualifying, after a award-winning young and amazing shot Mariama Daramy (15 pts at 3/6 to 3 pts) 50 seconds from the buzzer (55-50).
The 22 -year -old wing, who discovers the first division this season, then had the ball to pass her team in front but lost it, tightened closely by Marie Pardon (12 pts), essential in Landes success as Luisa Geiselsoder (13 pts and 8 rebounds). THE Tarbaise She suffered much less to rally their first final since 2018: also led by four units after the first leg (56-60), they went to Etrilla Charleville-Mézière on his parquet floor (73-45).
-Champion in 2010, Tarbes Buckle Bigorrhe is for the moment irresistible in play-offs, especially outside: after having ruled out in the quarter-finals (74-76, 82-79) Bourges (1st), he reoffended in front of the flames Charlessacred in the French Cup last Saturday against these same Berruyères (70-67).
The Ardennes, who aimed at a first championship final, were left at the end of the first period (28-35 at half-time) before being knocked out in the second period by the external address of Magali Mendy (18 pts) and slaughter inside the old international Endy Miyem (16 pts, 5 rebounds), which will retire at the end of the season.
After winning, she hopes, an eighth championship, the first with Tarbes, whom she joined last summer.
