The match
Layrac Astaffort, 75 – Castelnau Médoc, 73. Half-time, 27 to 42; quarter times: 16/22, 11/20, 18/15 and 30/16. Le Castelnau BC: 27 baskets including 13 three-pointers and 8 free throws. Players eliminated: Caminade and Pontens.
President Tresmontan does not understand: “It is difficult to explain how we could leave this victory to the locals who showed nothing and who won by a miracle and down to the wire! With our success at three points, victory could not escape us even if the mistakes we made allowed the Lot-et-Garonnais to believe in their star. Because after having mastered the first three quarters, we liquefied in the last for no obvious reason and let slip away a success that was reaching out to us. This may count in the final addition.” A defeat with a surprising scenario which can leave a bitter taste and therefore a lot of regrets.
The match was dominated head and shoulders by the sovereign Médocins during the first three quarters during which the young Étienne and Caminade were sparkling and where, among the locals, only Fabo held the house. Thus, the visitors reached the break with an advantage of 15 points, 27 to 42, and thought they had done the hard part.
The third quarter gave Castelnaudais a comfortable lead of 12 points. In the money-time, non-play then set in in the visiting camp with the Médocans suddenly losing their basketball and committing far too many mistakes. Sanctioned, they saw two of their number join the bench for five fouls, leaving the field open to the local Fabo who crucified them in the final moments. Stunned, the Castelnaudais noted the damage and the irremediable defeat, 75 to 73.
In U21 Aquitaine, Castelnau, 80 – Niort, 48. In Regional 3, Castelnau 2, 75 – Jurançon, 69.
