PFor this Finistère derby, the Béliers quickly showed their intentions by releasing coach Hans Lhermitte’s homemade recipe: “ Defense was the watchword. I was annoyed at the first three minutes when we weren’t there on their way up the ball, but we adjusted afterwards . » With their very high defense and active hands, the Quimperois contested each rise of opposing balls. Not to help the visitors’ affairs, they were also not helped by the (unfortunate) twists of fate. We’ll come back to that.
Series of injuries for Brest
Because in addition to chasing the score, the Brestois lost Megret (ankle) and their offensive leader and former Quimper player Jilani (shoulder) to injury in the same second quarter. “ He’s a player who was trained here, I’m sad for him », sympathized Hans Lhermitte. Losing his bearings after his exit, his teammates conceded an 11-0 (23-16, 12′ then 37-16, 15′). They will not recover.
But even before these two twists of fate, Quimper had already taken the lead in this meeting by relying on a gala Bruno-Jolivet duo. At the front, Bruno (27 points) dictated the pace of the match with incessant pressing in defense, allowing numerous balls to be stolen. His liveliness and his vision of the game on quick plays also offered many easy baskets on the counterattack. These easy baskets, the result of applied defense which made the coach happy: “ We rarely score 91 points, but tonight we had a lot of easy baskets. »
Taking advantage of the good passes from his leader, Jolivet (29 points) dictated the pace in the paint by dominating it throughout the match in rebounds and scoring. With 56 points for this duo, the coach praised their performance: “ They perfectly assumed their status. ” Their alley-oop at the end of the match perfectly illustrated the duo’s domination.
On the Northern side, despite the return of the long distance address in the second act, the mission was too difficult with only seven players and a significant delay. At the end of the match, coach Romain Le Cossec first thought of his squad which was dwindling after each meeting: “ I remember that we are losing two more players, in addition to those we already had. We will have to think. » Before returning to the defeat: “ We knew coming here that we were going to get pushed around, especially with their defensive intensity. Finishing at seven, we only thought about the injuries. »
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QUIMPER – BREST METROPOLE: 91-67
(23-13 ; 20-11 ; 29-22 : 25-17).
QUIMPER: Bruno 27, Renou 10, Limol 2, Jolivet 29, Yer 2Puis Doumbia 5, Maihi, Bodenes, Stones 3, Cow
BREST : Jilani 7, Yacko 5, Doboquet 13, Remondiere 10, Cosse 7 Puis Le Brun, Megret, Le Mens 10, Perdriau 15.
