This Tuesday, May 3, 2022 was the 32nd day of Pro B basketball. Boulazac Basket Dordogne and Tours clashed in a duel for maintenance. Boulazac wins 101 to 91 in Tours. A beautiful operation for the maintenance which is almost assured. If Nantes loses tomorrow evening against Aix-Maurienne, the maintenance will be formalized even before the next match at the Palio against Antibes.
Boulazacoise domination in the first half
Alexandre Ménard’s men had a successful start to the match. It begins with a festival of award-winning shots, 3 in a row, the tone is set. Boulazac largely won the first quarter 23 to 12. Tours fought back a little in the second quarter, which he also ended up losing, 27 to 23. At the break, the BBD made a gap and led 50 to 35. The playing time is well distributed between the players and their success too, several Boulazacois players will end the meeting by passing the bar of 15 points scored. This will be the case for Nic Moore, Batiste Tchouaffé, Nicolas De Jong and Ivan February. But the others were not left out and also brought their stone to the building.
Hardest fought second half
Returning from the locker room, Tours tries to come back and worry the BBD. Distanced by more than 20 points, Tours will manage to come back to 9 points, but Boulazac does not seem to be worried and knows how to react whenever necessary, not allowing the Tours public to ignite and believe in a return of his team. The bench depth has done its job. Even if some boulazacois finish with a few minor injuries, the whole team should be complete for the last match of the season at the Palio, next Saturday against Antibes.
Match statistics LNB website