Rreversing. Thirty-five days after eliminating the Espoirs de Basket Landes at the stage of the round of 16 of this Coupe des Landes (69-57), Adour Dax, a Regional 1 club, struck a blow again this Friday in Serres -Gaston by eliminating Coteaux du Luy (N3), double champion in 2022 and 2023, and favorite for the title (75-66). The Luycontines finally smiled at the Candressoises.
“I’m proud of them. They were good, solid. In this match, we were better than them. I am really very happy with them, and especially for them. It validates our start to the season (undefeated in seven league games, Editor's note) and the Landes Basket match,” relishes Jean-Baptiste Oyhanondo, their coach. An opposition controlled from start to finish which they completely mastered on the scoreboard, maintaining the advantage throughout the match. Even if Coteaux du Luy tried to come back. “Obviously, when they come back to four points, we have to tighten up the game. I can't say that we weren't afraid at all. On the other hand, we remained lucid by maintaining our level of play, moving the ball and finding solutions,” he analyzes.
The players of Jean-Baptiste Oyhanondo, also coach of the men's Nationale 2 team, “remained lucid” when Coteaux du Luy came close.
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But what is the recipe for success to transcend yourself and bring down the “big guys”? “I think we managed to control everything mentally, our nerves and the game. We never gave up and we always stayed in the game. We always remained positive and in the dynamic of the start of the season which so, for the moment, as we are used to winning, we remain in this mentality,” explains the coach, happy with this new great victory. “We didn't steal it, we had a seven-point lead, we won by nine. We played eye to eye. »
It's undeniable, Adour Dax is now the team that no one wants to meet at the Gamarde arenas. “Maybe we are the toughest team in the Cup, but favorite no. There are still National teams ahead of us,” procrastinates the latter, who has one wish: “We would like to be left alone in the next round. » See you in the quarter-finals.
