Mulhouse ended CBC’s series of four straight victories by winning at home in Game 1 of the Play-Off semi-finals this Friday (77-67). This defeat leaves Caen BC without a joker and will absolutely have to win next Friday at the Palais des Sports.
Deprived of its captain Mounir Bernaoui injured Tuesday in training, Caen BC suffered in particular from the Alsatians’ best skill in three-point shooting in the key moments of the meeting and a poor 58% in the free throw exercise.
0/8 at 3pts for the CBC at halftime
Within reach of the Mulhouse residents at the end of the first quarter (22-19) and returning almost to their level at the start of the second quarter, the CBC Basketball players suffered a painful 14-0 in front of the 3,500 Mulhouse supporters. The CBC reached halftime ten points behind (43-33), the result of zero points on shots at three points (0/8) and a low skill of 35%.
A better start to the 3rd quarter
Stéphane Eberlin’s men returned with better intentions and a more aggressive defense after returning from the locker room. They erased Mulhouse’s ten-point lead in just over six minutes, conceding only two points (45-45 in the 26th minute) but without managing to move ahead on the scoreboard at the end of this third quarter. time. And two consecutive three-point baskets from Veraghe once again offered a margin to the locals (55-48).
But Mulhouse will reject the CBC
Mulhouse trembled again at the start of the fourth quarter with two consecutive losses of the ball but still benefited from a better skill at three points (8-1 in the 32nd and 60-52) and regained its ten points again. advances (62-52). At each Caen attempt to get closer, Mulhouse relied on its ability at 3 pts like Ndiaye’s basket to push back the CBC (71-62) when Jakstas, missing two free throws in a row in the process, summed up the weakness of the Caennais in the exercise. Mulhouse managed the last two minutes and won an essential match for them despite a final Caen comeback thwarted by an incredible series of missed free throws. The Alsatians will try to steal a second match next Friday at the Palais des Sports to qualify for the semi-finals. Caen showed in its lair that it knew how to manage this kind of situation but here the CBC was under pressure.
Mulhouse – Caen BC: 77-67
(22-19/21-14/12-15/22-19)
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