“It does not reflect our season and it does not reflect all the efforts we have made since the start”, deplores Williams Narace, the pivot of the basketball team at Le Mans. This Saturday, during the 27th day of Betclic Elite, thee MSB lost to Cholet, 67-80, at home, at the Antares. It’s here third loss in a row for the basketball players of Le Mans, while the play-off phase is fast approaching, and it is therefore absolutely necessary to stay in the top eight to be able to access it.
“We were cooked”
It’s a big disappointment for the team, as well as for its coach. For him, his group is penalized by the absence of some players on the field. Fullback Scott Bamforth and winger Terry Tarpey are both injured and unable to play on Saturday.” Already, I see us at the end of the first half, with all the players with their hands on their knees… So I told myself that the second half was going to be complicated. Unfortunately, it was because afterwards, we lacked speed. We were a little behind defensively. Not because we didn’t want to, but because we were done“, explains Elric Delord, before continuing: “It’s not a question of players. The players who are there are players who have a lot of qualities! The thing is that we can’t turn. Look at the playing times. You see that Cholet has about 20 minutes of playing time per player. Me, I have most players at 30 minutes. Except that we’ve already been in this playing time for 15 days, three weeks… So we leave some time there. juice, we leave gum in it and it’s difficult to follow up.”
“I think for the group it would be good to be in the playoffs. That would be the reward.”
But no need to be discouraged for MSB. “You have to stay positive and tell yourself that we have to get out of there, hopes Williams Narace. There are still matches coming up, so we will try to stay united and concentrate for the next matches. I think for the group, it would be good to be in play off. That would be the reward.”
In any case, the Le Mans players will have little time to recover from this defeat. The next match will be Tuesday April 12 against Limoges. Then the MSB will meet Nanterre on Saturday 16 April.