EUROLIGUE WOMEN – Received 2/2! Basket Landes and Bourges validated their ticket for the play-ins by winning respectively against Brno and Salamanca.
Great first for Basket Landes
To continue your European adventure Basket Landes had to prevail against Brno and thus leave a direct competitor at the dock. But the Czech club had one of its 3 victories against Basket Landes and traveled to Mont-de-Marsan with the same objective. A defeat would have eliminated the French club.
After a good start to the match, Basketball Landes found himself chasing after the score. With in particular a starving 4/15 at 3 points. But at the end of the third quarter, notably under the leadership of Myriam Djekoundadethe Landeses came back in front. The 3-point address returned: Djekoundade, Leila Lacan Then Destiny Slocum in quick succession put a blow behind the heads of the Czechs (54-48). The gap remained around 10 points during the last period. Basketball Landes finally won 76-60.
Bourges validates the French double
For his part, Bourges went to Madrid to face Salamancapenultimate in group E. Match which started before the final whistle amid controversy. In fact, 8 players from the Spanish club and 5 members of the staff suffer from gastroenteritis. Which prompted the club to request a report. Except that this request arrived when the French club had already arrived in Madrid. And with an already busy schedule and a championship match scheduled for this Saturday, Bourges refused.
-The first half was hooked. Indeed, no team managed to create a gap (36-35 for Bourges). It was upon returning from the locker room that Bourges widened its gap (18-7). A gap that will not decrease. Bourges finally logically wins 62-51.
For the last day, Bourges (3rd) and Basket Landes (4th) will face Schio and Mersin. In any case, Basket Landes cannot do better than 3rd. Bourges still has a chance to play in the semi-final play-ins by winning against Schio by more than 5 points. The French club had indeed lost 62-67 in Italy.
