Aith a match every three days, and roughly one injured at the same rate (Bigote, then Mensah, then Desseignet, and Wright sick again this Tuesday), Saint-Thomas was not really doing its best.e Coupe de France final against Tours a priority. The Le Havre club was still not at the point of forfeiting as it had been able to do last year, but was clearly not able to take the best of the unexpected – considering its resources and its workforce – lantern red from Pool A of Nationale 1 (64-81).
In a meeting which was above all an opportunity for Lauriane Dolt to accelerate the integration of Lamine Sambe, who had just arrived in order to compensate for the long absence of Valentin Bigote, the STB, in great suffering on the offensive level, will not have competed only for the space of a half (36-34), before taking the tide upon returning from the locker room (from +2 to -16, 48-64, 30e), under the blows of the American Turner in particular (3/3 at long distance).
Young people in demand, executives underutilized
The young Marius (20 mins), Nebot (27 mins) and Sangare (14 mins) were among others on the floor when Saint-Tho hit rock bottom, which gives an idea of the importance given to this meeting by Lauriane Dolt, who also gave his first professional minutes to Gomis Boedi (4 mins). Among the executives, only Awich (19 pts), even Bassoumba (11 pts, 6 rebounds), held their place, even if all were generally underused.
By its magnitude (-17), at BCMO moreover, this second consecutive setback, after that conceded to Charleville-Mézières last Saturday (89-88), against an opponent who had just fallen four times, is still a bit disorder for a team which was still undefeated a week ago, even if its coach is far from making it a disaster (reaction below). His team’s schedule will be at least somewhat lightened in November, no new injuries have been reported and Lamine Sambe has been able to stretch his muscles after several months without competition, even if the former Champagne Basket harvested a lot (10 pts at 4/16, 5 pd, 2 eval in 32 mins). Small consolations before going to Avignon on Friday.
Dolt: “It would be nice if it stopped…”
Lauriane Dolt (coach du STB): “Disappointed? No. What’s a little hard is that every two or three weeks, we start from scratch, because we have to reintegrate a new player. It gives you a little blow in the back of your head every time. We attract the evil eye, it would be nice if that stopped at some point, because we shoot some people. The objective in this match was not to tire those who usually play a lot. Lamine (Sambe) also had to get back into rhythm. So disappointed, no, because there were good things afterwards… I want to say that we have to get back to work, but that’s all we’re doing. And each time, we have a new tile. There, Keith (Wright) is suffering from tracheobronchitis, great! I told him: ok for tonight, but tomorrow (Wednesday), you have to come and train, because we have to win on Friday.
Thibault (Desseignet) still suffers from his ankle, it was too short to play him today, and it will be again for Avignon. I prefer that he stays in Le Havre for treatment rather than 15 hours on the bus to play 3-4 minutes. I already made the mistake of playing William (Mensah) in Charleville even though he hadn’t trained all week. It’s also up to me to be lucid. We hope to get Thibault back for the Feurs match (Friday 10/25). [À propos du 2/12 de Sambe à 3 points] He shot a lot, but that doesn’t bother me in the sense that he’s a shooter, he’ll be there to unlock situations. It was a training match for him, we will restrict him a little if he experiences the same failures in Avignon. And he will have the intelligence to select his shots. »
At BCMO, Saint-Thomas (N1) – Tours (N1): 64-81 (36-34)
(18-22, 18-12, 15-30, 13-17)
Referees: MM. Adam and Diquelou. Spectators: 300.
STB : Mensah 8 pts, Cayol 5, Sambe 10, Ndoye, Bassoumba 11, puis Nebot 8, Sangare 2, Awich 19, Marius 1, Boedi.
Coach: Lauriance Dolt.
TOURS : Turner 14 pts, Andre 14, Bequignon 8, Minfir 10, Sylla 4, then Bourgade 2, Léon 10, Drouault 8, Dargenton 4, Paschal 7.
Coach : Cédric Heitz.
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