Three seconds from the buzzer, there was a tie between Le Mans Sarthe Basket and JL Bourg. It took a floating shot on one leg from Scott Bamforth to wrestle the decision without going through overtime.
Over the whole game, MSB’s victory is logical and the visitors do not dispute it. “We missed too many things,” regrets visiting coach Laurent Legname.
“We could have and should have won this game by ten or twelve points, and a minute of devolution almost cost us dearly,” notes Scott Bamforth. Because the Tangos counted ten points ahead most of the second half, before making a series of last-minute mistakes that got Bourg back on track – and given Bamforth the chance to get Antares to stand up.
“I like it when, after after working non-stop on this shot, it pays off,” Bamforth smiles. I did it a million times in training, I have an opportunity to use it in a match, it works and it’s great. “The MSB gunner particularly hurt Bourg-en-Bresse, with 5/7 at three points in the second half, for 22 points in total.
Terry Tarpey is close to the double double with 13 points and 9 rebounds, just before his first selections with the France team, in the international window that begins.