When one point is enough to make the difference. After their defeat in the first leg, Basket Landes won against Bourges this Friday, May 20, in the semi-final second leg of the women’s basketball league. The Landaises won 71 to 70.
An uncertain match until the last minute.
The girls of Basket Landes were able to turn the tide of the match to their advantage. Yet led by 15 points in the third quarterthe leader Marine Fauthoux reversed the game. The Basket Landes player finished as top scorer with 26 points.
At the final whistle, it’s an explosion of joy. Valériane Vukosavljević, carried by the steel mind of her teammates, believed in it until the end.
It’s a little bit miraculous. But it is also the soul of this team. This strength of character to be able to bounce back every time is to be behind the whole match. And then finally, I don’t know how long we led, but really not much. We can be proud of what we did tonight. Now, it’s not over so we really have to quickly focus on what’s next. It’s up to us to work and then leave there, telling ourselves that we have nothing to lose in the end. We can do better than in the first game. That’s it, it will be up to us to do the work on the ground.
La belle will be played Monday in Bourges at 8:45 p.m.. The match will be broadcast live on France Bleu Gascogne. The winner will play against Lyon, already qualified for the final after their second victory on Friday against Villeneuve D’ascq.
Five players extend.
The president of Basket Landes Marie-Laure Lafargue took advantage of the match to announce the squad for the next season. Céline Dumerc will stay well one more year alongside her teammates. The Swedish Regan Magarity, Kendra Chery, Lidija Turčinović and Marie-Ève Paget have also announced that she is back for a season. Conversely, end clap for wingers Valériane Vukosavljević, Marzia Tagliamento, joker Jillian Harmon, Australian Marianna Tolo, Célia Cardenal and Seehia Sida Abega.