UA victory is good news. Even a victory that is most logical and essential. Tuesday October 15 in Angers, La Rochelle won its first official match of the season (78-81), qualifying for the 3rd round of the Coupe de France, which will be a false round of 16. The other good news is the return of Mathéo Leray (ankle), who has had the medical green light. Gaëtan Clerc, who had barely trained the previous week, was resting because his back was still bothering him.
Not good, this first quarter. Moreover, Angers won easily (23-16), which gave it a 21-point lead in 10 minutes (37-16). The fault is Djedje or Serrano who do what they want in the racket at the expense of Clifton Morre. The EAB is one of the best teams in N1 in terms of offensive rebounding but all the same… On the other hand, it is also one of the least skillful teams in the division and, that does not show, The image of these two lovely winning shots from Lucas Veraghe (30-14, 7th).
Hawkins and Cheese in success
On the SRB side, the ball circulates poorly, Jérôme Sanchez misses two open shots, three free throws are missed (5/8), in short it’s blah-blah. With great success and then with precision, Ryan Hawkins plants a 3 point in each corner, which should do him good, and on a fault caused by Niziol the gap goes back below 14 for the first time (39-27, 13th ). Tyler Cheese, in the tough in Monaco (82-62), scored 9 points in a short time, when the Angevin Espoir Tidiane Naham was forced into the air ball by the maritime defense.
There you have it, the SRB seems to have put its paw on the game (50-43, 19th). His intensity goes hand in hand with his style: Hawkins is a pleasure to see by diving to intercept, snatching a rebound, dunking after a dunk from Niziol (57-53, 23rd). Incidentally, Jubrile Belo, who rarely gets angry, strongly calls for contact with Veraghe, proof that the Stade is really getting into it. On the other hand, under the circle, whether facing Moore or Belo, Eddy Djedje aka “The Bison” expresses himself with his big frame and brilliantly (65-57, 25th).
Belo’s counter
Except that it’s starting to go a little too quickly for the EAB, which sees Sam Sessoms go quietly with the lay-up for a first stadist lead (68-69, 29th). The hardest part is done, a priori. Well, when you haven’t won yet, N1 or what, the hardest part is winning. Making the hole is an idea. If possible without getting angry, Jubrile Belo taking a technique (72-70, 31st). Small injury interlude (Harrath), Olympique Lyonnais fan Lucas Hergott shows off some juggling skills.
Come on, 72-72, 7 minutes to play, don’t scare yourself, don’t scare yourself. The end is interminable, the floor is wiped 50 times, by the floor cleaners, by the players, by Julien Cortey… We almost forget that time passes, and passes, and passes, and not many things have changed, in any case the suspense is there: 78-79 two minutes from the end before a welcome drive from Sessoms (1”46 to go). A decisive counter from Jubrile Belo on Victor Serrano will ensure qualification. Phew.
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