The Stade Rochelais basketball players did it! After overtime, after a crazy and contested match, the Charentais-Maritimes won the title of French Pro B champion and moved up to Betclic Elite. They beat Boulazac 72 to 67 this Thursday, after overtime. Rupella resisted the pressure from Palio at the start of the match to break away at the break 23-33 (+10). Upon returning from the locker room, the Périgourdins charged and took up to five points in advance, but it was said that, this season, La Rochelle had an extra bit of soul. The two teams went blow for blow, finishing back to back at the siren (60-60).
The unbearable five-minute overtime period slowly but surely turned to the advantage of Rupella, who no longer let go of his opponent from Boulazac. After two short seasons in Pro B, Stade Rochelais reached the top of French basketball. The success of a group, a staff and a club. The pride of a city which is now as proud of its rugby players as of its basketball players. For this final return to Boulazac, a few dozen supporters made the trip to Dordogne. There were 1,200 of them pushing their favorites from a distance in front of a giant screen installed in the Gaston-Neveur room.
The pressure increased throughout the quarters until the final explosion of joy. Moved supporters like this Rochelais who reminds us “6 years ago, we were in national 2 and now, we are in the elite!”.
