Basketball – N1F. Victory in Monaco, USBD Alençon one step away from Ligue 2

And two! After beating Monaco a week earlier in the final of the Coupe de France Trophy,USBD Alençon did it again, Saturday, May 4, 2024, by winning on the Rock, this time as part of the second day of the playoffs foraccession to Ligue 2 (46-53).

Take orders quickly

In the Monaco room, Cassandra Vêtu’s teammates mastered their craft from start to finish.

If the start of the match was slow on both sides, Black took the lead, having led for the only time in the match (6-5, 4th).rising on the Rocher players.

Ashunae Durant, with a basket at the buzzer, let the visitors end this first quarter with ten units ahead (6-16, 10).

Calm Alençon

If the second quarter was of the same character (24 – 32 at halftime), it was a bit complicated for Fayssal Rhennam’s players to return from the dressing room.

Despite a well thought out defense, they have missing address and saw their opponents get back to within one point (31-32, 25th).

Without panicking and staying within the game plan, they regained the distance, and were again 10 points ahead (31-41, 28th), and even went ahead with a winning shot from Lélia Lesueur at the end of ‘a beautiful collective sequencewhere the circulation of the ball made the hosts dizzy (35-46, 30.).

Perfect money-time management

The headache lasted for a few minutes, but once it had passed, the Monegasques returned to last minutes of the meeting (44-48, 37.).

A sense of déjà vu for the players of the City of Dukes, but as during the previous confrontation, they managed this comeback in a very good way, under the leadership of Ashunae Durant, whose arm was unable to definitively secure THE success des Ornaises (46-53).

I am proud and happy with us this evening. We fought to the last in spite of judgement, in spite of our skill. We stuck together to win.

ONE shared joy by its captain, Cassandra Vêtu: “on one leg, on one arm, we had to take it. It is done ! »

A very important victory

“One more!” » (one more), American Ashunae Durant whispered at the end of the game, with her index finger in the air and hers Fist.

A gesture that sums it up well very advantageous situation where Alençon is located. Because at the same time, Le Havre won in Villeurbanne (77-74), and condemned Rhodaniennes to a flawless performance.

Alençon thus finds the chair manager with the best record (3 wins – 1 loss).

“One more” and USBDA will make their long-awaited entry into professional world. Their fate is in the hands of the Alençonnaises, who could write a little morethe history of the club next Saturday, again against Monaco, but this time in front of their home crowd.

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