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To replace Diouf, who has been absent for many weeks, Colomiers recruited the Nigerian-American Gabrielle Ozoude.
The knee injury of Senegalese Anne-Françoise Diouf drags on. And after initially hoping to be able to recover the former Ligue 2 player fairly quickly, the managers were forced to replace her. Since Diouf’s decision, Colomiers has only won once, at home, against Le Poinçonnet. Their choice fell on Nigerian-American Gabrielle Ozoude, a major player in the 2021 NAIA championship, a latecomer to basketball who learned to shoot by watching videos of Michael Jordan.
Promising beginnings
It made its debut under its new colors on December 18, the date on which, at the request of Monaco, the meeting initially scheduled for January 11 was brought forward. Facing the undefeated leader and the power of his interior, Ozoude stood out by scoring 14 points and capturing numerous rebounds. And if it could not prevent Monaco from winning largely (57-82) after having dug a hole in the second period (22-43), it augurs a good end to the season for Colomiers who will fight to maintain in a dense hen during the return phase.
This is confirmed by Patrice Neron, the president of USC basketball: “We aimed to be in the first part of the table, unfortunately this injury to Diouf unravels all our hopes. I am confident about maintaining this. The group is doing very well. It works hard. The training is quality. Clara Leandri does the job we ask of her, there is nothing to say in that regard. We were really in difficulty compared to this position 5 and that means that. we had a hard time to compete with all the clubs which have strong interior players. Ozoude’s production in the match against Monaco reassured me.
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