Bourges 3 (PNF, + 21): 77
Le Poinçonnet (N1F): 118
On paper, there was no photo. Between a Poinçonnoise team eighth in the Nationale 1 championship and a Berruyère team leader of its Prénationale group, no one had any illusions, this Sunday, November 24, in the magnificent setting of the Prado.
To say that this will help us to gain confidence is to go quickly to the task
François Ménival, coach of Poinçonnet Basket
And that's what happened. François Ménival's protégés had no trouble shining. Led by a Grissett-Karamovic-Killuangu trio of great days with 68 points between them, the Indriiennes quickly overcame a team from a second reserve of the CJMB which only had its valor to oppose. “With three levels difference, we knew it would be an easy match. This allowed us to work on certain areas of play and certain combinations. Afterwards, to say that this will help us to gain confidence is to go quickly, even if we score 118 points”however, tempered the Poinçonnois coach after the final siren.
Despite the 21-point lead on the scoreboard in favor of Berruyères at kick-off, the Indre players were quick to get the ball rolling. As proof: fourteen minutes is the time it took them to catch up and gain the upper hand on the scoreboard.
Faced with a CJMB team lacking success under the basket and quickly overwhelmed in defense, Isadora Pillet and her teammates used their experience to manhandle a team often short of solutions. Under pressure, the Berruyères were inflicted with a first blow at the end of the second quarter.
Flashed to 118
50-65 at the break: the match was already over and was turning into a demonstration. Faced with Berruyères freed from all pressure, the Poinçonnoises, impassive and uncompromising in the racket, gained momentum to inflict a terrible 29-10 in the third quarter before crossing the symbolic bar of 100 points in the 33rde minute of play.
But three years after reaching the final of this Coupe de France Trophy at the Accor Arena in Bercy, Le Poinçonnet Basket knows that the road is still very long to do the same this season, even more so after a start of exercise.
The quarters : 35-32, 15-33 (50-65), 10-29, 17-24.
CJM Bourges : Cuissot (5 points), Desvaux (16), Leroy (6), Morio (5), Tartu (2), Girardel (2), Vimon (7), Jeay (9), Martinez (4). Coach: Grégory Richard.
The Poinçonnet : Pillet (15 points), Louisy (2), Karamovic (19), Rodrigues (13), Grissett (28), Koita (15), Labesse (5), Killuangu (21). Coach: François Ménival.
