François Gomez’s group, having finished 8th in the regular season, continue to write their beautiful story by climbing in the final ©
The return semi-finals took place this afternoon on the sport channel antennas in France, you will find below the details of the disputed meetings. Through this article, we remind you that we are currently looking for new members within our team of volunteer editors on Postup.
Results 2 of the semi-finals played on 05/04/2025:
| Charleville-Mézières | Tarbes | 45-73 |
| Basket landed | Charnay | 56-50 |
After having maneuvered the trip to the Adour quay (4-point victory) well, the Carolo flames had to maintain the pressure against a team from Tarbes, which let us recall Bourges at Prado during the quarter-final Retour. For players of Romuald Yernauxit was clearly a big test, because the Ardennes chained their 3rd game in seven days, with long trips concerned. Everything was off to a good start for Charleville-Mézières and Read Dongue (10 points, 5 rebounds) which quickly led 5-0, then 8-3. Tarbes did not let doubt settle down and the match was well launched with two couchings at the elbow after 10 minutes played (17-16). Tarbes was going to make the difference in the 2nd quarter thanks in particular to a pretty 3 out of 6 behind the 3-point line. Partners of Coline Franchelin (11 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists) had to concede ground and at halftime, the score had gone well in favor of the Bigourdanes (28-35). On the return from the locker room, François Gomez had put Endy Miyem (16 points, 5 rebounds) on the prosecution which scored several decisive baskets during this period which was marked by a lot of waste on shots on both sides. The Tarbaises managed the game tempo well and the gap increased in favor of the teammates of Camille DROGUET (9 points, 12 assists) which led 15 points at the end of the 3rd quarter (34-49). The part was clearly ignited for Charleville-Mézières who was out of 3 points (2 out of 16), as in the first leg. The captain, Amel Bouderra (4 assists), experienced a very difficult last meeting in terms of shots success, just like the carolo flames, Sara riding (5 points). A time returned to -12 at the start of the 4th quarter, the score of the last 5 minutes of regulation time was completely dominated by Tarbes who was able to rely on a Magaly MENDY (18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 out of 11 long distance) murdered at 3 points, she who chained the 3 points on this meeting. A 20-4 closed this return semi-final which saw Tarbes being crowned with a place for the 2024/2025 final of the Wonderligue baker. For Charleville-Mézières, the dream of a historic double flew away, after gleaning the Coupe de France last weekend.
The other semi-final was just as indecisive at the start, because Charnay moved to the François-Mitterand space with a meager advantage of 4 points in his pocket. Basket Landes had to earn at least 5 points to return to the final like last season. The start of the meeting was going to see the two teams well returned on the parquet floor with already well positioned defenses and we had a small score of 8-6 after 5 minutes of play. After several minutes without the slightest point, the business went to settle on the last 2 minutes of the 1st quarter. Partners of Destiny SLOCUM (3 rebounds, 2 assists), author of 9 points in this 1st quarter, were going to finish to take a +8 after 10 minutes of play (16-8). As in the first leg, the Pinkies had to make a lessened workforce, with 6 active professional players, and Mariama Daramy (15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists) which served as a leader during these semi-finals. After a 2nd quarter, still under tension and with a big defense on both sides, Charnay had regained ground by being more than 5 lengths after 20 minutes of play (30-25). After the break, Luisa Geiselsoder (13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists), well defended in the first leg, managed to perform by scoring 7 points on the 3rd quarter. This impact weighed in the scale and we found Landes basketball, still in mind, with a little more margin in the bag (48-35). The players of Stéphane Leite did not let the gap swell more than that in the 4th quarter, because the teammates of Shakayla thomas (12 points, 8 rebounds) quickly went below 10 points behind (49-40). The two teams were on a performance in the 40 % successful success (36 % for Basket Landes, 39 % for Charnay). The other striking statistic of the match is the high number of bullets lost for the Pinkies with 28 “Turnovers” which have made many occasions miss to get closer to the display board. Especially since despite this, Charnay was -6 to 3 minutes from the final siren, and we were treated to a “money -time”, not without suspense. Landes basketball and Marie Pardon (12 points, 2 assists) were on a difficult end of the match, with only two baskets marked in the game over the last 5 minutes. Maeva Djaldi-Table (7 points, 11 rebounds) and its partners had two bullets, once the scoring at -5 (55-50), to resume the advantage over the whole of the two games, but that resulted on two failures. Without difficulties and with a new big fight, Basket Landes joins the final of the championship for the second year in a row, while Charnay stops in the semi-finals, a fact already historic for a club having the smallest budget of the League.
