> The essentials
The Pioneers continue their momentum. By winning their eighth consecutive victory, they retain their leadership position. Before the last day of the first leg, at La Tronche Meylan on January 11, they will be able to have a peaceful end-of-year celebration.
> The meeting
The Aulnésiennes presented themselves without their playing master Hélène Jakovljevic, affected by a family bereavement and already absent during their home defeat against Pôle France. And this changed their performance. Dramé and Traoré quickly give the advantage to TMB (8-3, 2nd) which is in the lead (11-5, 5th, 15-7, 6th, 22-14, 10th). But the ex-Toulouse Enjolvy wants to shine. With the help of Bobst, who brings pep to Aulnoye's game, she reduces to 3 points (27-24, 13th) the lead that Soulard and Dramé had increased to 13 units (27-14, 11th). Dramé gives TMB a 10-length lead (34-24, 16th) which, despite Devillers (37-32, 18th), keeps them at the break (42-32).
At the restart Cissé, Dramé and Prugnières wandered in attack while Aulnoye came up against the TMB defensive wall. A 14-0 for the locals allows them to cross the threshold of 20 points in advance (56-32, 25th). The match is over. The euphoric TMB at 3 points (10/19, 4/5 for Dramé, 3/4 for the MVP of the day Traoré) continues on its own (62-40, 30th) to win 84-55.
> They said
Xavier Noguera (TMB coach): “We took the match from the right end. We were a little inconsistent and permissive in the first half where we didn't impact them even though there was no Hélène (Jakovljevic, Editor's note). third quarter. It’s a good evening.”
Justine Soulard (TMB captain): “Thank you to the public for coming out to support us in large numbers every Saturday evening. It's thanks to them that we never give up. I'm proud of this team. It's great that the three young people who never miss any training have was able to score this evening.
