Salamanca, to wear!
The Castilians who had won at the opening of the Euroleague on their floor by crushing the Turks of Mersin Çucurova have the “matter” to crunch the Gasconnes. Because the landaises made good equal play in the first half. Then they suffered. Everywhere ! Good, well there was no photo and we suspected it even if we will retain all the same the excellent initial period.
Salamanca, the chicken monster
Great club, TRRRRRVery large workforce, huge audience, cauldron room, great experience of the Euroleague…in short! The Baloncesto Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca, full denomination of the Castilian club, is not a partridge of the year. Six Spanish champion titles, the last in 2018, nine Queen’s Cups and eight Spanish since 2005, twelve participations in the Euroleague, the salmantines have nothing to envy to the Catalans of Girona who came to impose in Mitterrand at the opening of the great continental ball. And the Castilian cuadrilla is damn solid for the paseo in the arena of Pabellon Municipal. It is clear that Salamanca is thick. The Spanish have a troop of fourteen professionals, a melting pot, very heterogeneous in origin, made up of Iberian, American, Greek, Baltic and Slavic players. The Turks of Mersin paid to see. Intractable on their floor, the Castilians took revenge in the Euroleague for a start to the domestic championship that was a bit winded in view of their rank. Attention danger it was in the marble! Last week, Salamanca got carried away for kid faena thanks in particular to two players: the Serbian winger Aleksandra Crvendakic, twenty-three points for thirty minutes on the floor, eleven rebounds. A cyclone. His comrade, the back Leonor Rodriguez, is not bad either, twelve points and four rebounds in the Turkish bath. Both had fun.
Well, we saw!
Just a year ago it was champagne and party favors. Gascon party! Basket Landes would win at Fenerbahce. But last night was dark for the Landaises. A big score in the end for a match in two stages. A balanced first half and Landaises who are aligned with one of the best European teams and regain the advantage. 38-37 thanks to a final clever basket of Regan Magarity. The Castilians fly away, the Gasconnes see each other but send each other and are opportunistic. However, the case thickens. Returning from the locker room Salamanca takes the advantage then the wide. 60-49 at the end of the 3rd quarter, and therefore 81-57 at the siren. Sara Roumyfull of audacity beautiful, best landaise scorer with 11 points, unleashes her 18 years, Marie-Eve Pagetthe boss, tries to go up the balloons, nothing helps. Crvendakic13 dots, Fasoulaa well-known Greek international on the floor, untenable the Greek, 18 points in 17 minutes on the floor, and above all Resingerova, 21 points in 23 minutes of presence, knock out the match. 51 rebounds including 17 offensive for the Spanish, 25 for Basket Landes. There are statistics that say more than a long analysis. Salamanca demonstrated its fierce quiet strength. Basket Landes held before giving in in a painful end to the match and with a score which crushes too much the honorable performance of the blues of Gascony
Hope is not fooling, and Harmon is coming!
A joker for basket landes. Which can bring freshness and vitality. Because we know the lady! To compensate for the lasting absence of winger Clarince Djaldi-Tabdi, affected in the meniscus, and unavailable at least until next January, BL has found the solution. This is Jillian Harmon which arrives at Mont-de-Marsan. The player is no stranger since she had already come to reinforce Basket Landes a year ago, to replace Clarissa Dos Santos. 35-year-old New Zealand international Harmon, American by birth, native of New York, made her first appearance with BL in early January at Mitterrand against Villeneuve d’Ascq. Harmon could be operational on November 9 for the 3rd meeting of Euroleague des Landaises
Next meeting Sunday 3:15 p.m. in the Women’s League, BL receives Villeneuve d’Ascq. Next Wednesday in Mitterrand, 3rd meeting of Euroleague with the reception of the Turks of Mersin.