” We’ll have to go get it this game “, Claimed the “speaker” of the room in the fourth quarter. The Mets actually had to go “get” this meeting against a catchy team from Le Mans.
It took until the last minutes of the game to see the locals definitely take over their opponents. At the break, the two teams were almost equal (40-41). Victor Wembanyama had already been noticed by an authoritarian counter then a finish in transition very high at the level of the circle, before passing the ball in the back to finish in counter-attack. Where Boulogne seemed much more comfortable in the posed game.
Even if the player of the France team, again him, well supported by the long distance address of Lahaou Konaté, took malicious pleasure in sanctioning Le Mans a good meter behind the arc, after an offensive rebound on a miss in the similar position. Led by the tonic Josh Carlton, and a defensive mission Terry Tarpey on Tremont Waters, the Le Mans squad shone with their interior passing game.
Mets 92 cling to second place
But the locals intensified their defense in the third quarter, with more cut passes, and started to widen the gap (61-55). No doubt physically worn out, the Le Mans players “forgot” Victor Wembanyama on a “pick-and-pop” behind the arc. To which Cameron McGriff replied. But his sudden outside address did not worry the locals and his star who chained a new award-winning shot in “catch-and-shoot” and a “fadeaway” of which he has the secret bottom line.
Despite the resurgence of distant address from the visitors, except for Matt Morgan, his team’s leading scorer but very struggling with his shot, the Mets ended up winning with all the same six players finishing at 8 points or more . As a precaution, Vincent Collet dismissed his holders while two possessions separated the two teams.
With this victory, Boulogne-Levallois (18 wins – 8 losses) consolidates its second place in the championship, while Le Mans (13 wins – 11 losses) retains its 6th place.
