Playing in front of a packed room and an atmosphere that had nothing to envy to the best parts of secondary schools south of the border, the Rochebelle laser finally won 77-76 against Brébeuf.
For the winning training coach, Jordan Gaboury, the match was definitively special.
“I have never seen that so many people in Quebec for school basketball. There is a good rivalry between our two schools and a video was produced by Lucas Labbée, before our match to create a craze, which was broadcast on the social networks of the two schools. There were more than 80,000 views and a bunch of positive comments. It was materialized with the biggest crowd in our history, “said the pilot who believed that the enthusiasm of this match was more important than the simple result.
The video which aimed to create craze and which was broadcast on the social networks of the two schools before the match. (Instagram/Lucas Labbée)
Gaboury, who has always had a good goal of giving great visibility to his players, believes that this evening’s match is a step in the right direction.
“We will not immediately manage to equalize the visibility that Ontario players receive, but it is with games like that that it is built. There was an atmosphere of fire and the crowd was noisy without any overflow. For me, school sport must look like that! ”
Excellent preparation
With still a lot of basketball to play this season, the manager could not hope for better preparation for preparation situations that accompany the end of the season.
“It is certain that our players were nervous. They had to be reminded to stay relaxed at each time of standing. They are not used to seeing so many people in the tarrades. It was my job to calm them down and reassure them. ”
— Jordan Gaboury, head coach of the Laser de Rochebelle
Gaboury said that the only winner of the evening was school basketball.
“We had a good lead by 16 points, I believe, before the 4th quarter and we knew that Brébeuf was going to do everything to come back. I do not get carried away with the result of the match because we are still very early in the season, but it feels good to see an atmosphere like that. We thought of the United States for an evening. ”
-Victoire Rochebelle 77-76 on this last occasion failed by Brébeuf. Match of rare intensity! (Le Soleil/Jean Carrier)
Do not believe that only the victorious head coach had never seen so many people in his gymnasium, the director general Jasmin Bélanger was also surprised by such a crowd in his gymnasium.
“I’m a little nervous because there are so many people. I told my football coaches to take care of security for the match, but it goes very well. I’m really happy. I have never seen that so many people here! ”
A confrontation between the two best players of the match between Rochebelle and Brébeuf. (Carrier Jean/Le Soleil)
Learn in defeat
The head coach losing Simon Fontaine abounded in the same direction as his counterpart after the meeting.
“We played here eight years ago in the same kind of context with the two teams at the top of the ranking, but there were never as many people as this evening. There were people everywhere on the floor and the second floor was packed. ”
Fontaine is convinced that the images of the game will ensure that school basketball is the big winner of the evening.
“The images will walk everywhere and people will see how many people are tonight and it’s a good thing. It was really pleasant as a match for both players and for coaches. ”
The Aquilons pilot is aware that his training has things to learn in this defeat.
“They came out very hard and on our side, it was really very long before they started. You have to learn that you cannot get from the back against such good teams. We came back at the end and I am proud of our guys for that, but it remains that we did not play the match it was necessary to win. We are going to learn and I know we will have to meet Rochebelle in the playoffs! ”
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