Montgaillard: 82
Niort: 60
For the last game of N2 before the confectioners' truce, the Niortais of Laurent Hay came across a more experienced player in front of the ESMS armada, Saturday December 7. Frustrated by their last outing, the Landais left only crumbs for the Deux-Sèvres squad.
However, in the first quarter, Lhériau's teammates put in all the ingredients to thwart the Chalosse team. So quickly, Rémi Lesca's teammates took the match in hand (9-3), the Niortais quickly reached and then overtook their evening opponent after two successive shots from Lhériau and Tchoubaye (11-16).
Already 21 points behind at the break
Despite the attacks of the yellow and blue, Arnold Bouazza's men responded blow for blow and came back after the successive attacks concluded by Lesca and Ruop which left the ESMS in front in this first game (24-20).
At the restart, if Debache leaves a glimmer of hope for his team, it is quickly extinguished by Jofresa, Keita and Ndoye and a sapping job led by Ditu Mona (40-27). Asphyxiated, the visitors reached the break with a deficit of 21 points (50-29).
Returning from the locker room, Laurent Hay's players still cannot find the key, overwhelmed by the collective and the realism of the Landes team. The score widens despite the bursts of Alouekey and Tchoubaye. Trapped by the realism of David Jofresa's teammates, the Deux-Sèvres team did not find the solution and suffered the law of Ndoye under the circle (61-44).
A burst of vain pride
The last act is a copy and paste of the meeting: a team without resources facing a sovereign and dominating opponent in its lair. Despite the burst of pride orchestrated by the trio Cluyssen, Alouekey, Tchoubaye, the step was too high. Annoyed last week, the ESMS led by Keita, author of 20 points, not only preserved its invincibility at home in 2024 and gave a lesson in realism to the Niortais squad.
The sheet
Quart-temps : 24-20, 26-9, 15-15, 17-16.
Montgaillard: Lesca (5 including 2 to 3 pt), Bats (7 including 1 to 3 pt), Bosc (11 including 2 to 3 pt), Keita (20 including 1 to 3 pt), N'Doye (10), Ditu Mona ( 13), February, Ruop (2) Jofresa (8), Darrieurtort (6 including 2 to 3 pt).
Niort: Bondron (6), Lheriau (3 of which 1 to 3 pt), Lamasset, Alouekey (13), Lambinet (2), Debache (6), Louves (2) Cluysen (15 of which 1 to 3 pt), Bondodet (-) , Tchoubaye (13).
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Laurent Hay (Niort coach): “Apart from the first quarter, we were dominated. We lacked rigor during the second quarter. We were overwhelmed. Our balance sheet? Too much indiscipline, lost duels. We tried to rectify the situation after returning from the locker room, unfortunately we did not succeed and we fell against what I consider to be the best team in this group. »
