Basket Landes will not achieve the hat-trick in the Coupe de France. Sacred for the last two years, the Mont-de-Marsan team lost this Saturday in Paris, after a very long, tight and indecisive final, where Bourges ended up taking the best thanks to Kayla Alexander.
Alexander’s big double-double
The Canadian midfielder produced an XXL performance on the floor of the Accor Arena by combining 22 points and 15 rebounds. For three quarters, she carried the Berruyères on her shoulders and allowed her group to lead by a small point at the end of the first (14-13) and the third quarter (52-51). Opposite, Alexis Peterson did everything to keep Basket Landes in the game: impeccable skill at the break (13 points at 5/5), the American leader (23 points in the end) fought hard until the end to prolong the suspense, in vain.
In this disjointed duel, with little skill, it was enough for Pauline Astier (12 points) and Alix Duchet (11 points) to finally find the target at the end of the match for Bourges to fly away in a final one-way quarter. single (25-13). The Basket Landes players may regret their clumsiness at three points (2/14) and the ten missed free throws (13/23) which undoubtedly deprived them of a hat-trick.
Bourges in the Euroleague
Thanks to this trophy, Bourges offers itself the twelfth Coupe de France in its history and at the same time validates its ticket for the Euroleague next season. Exiting the Women’s League play-offs in the quarter-finals (a first in thirty years for the club), the Tango, who remained in a 2022-2023 financial year without the slightest title, are thus regaining their splendor.
