Withstood Alba’s counterattack and Villeurbanne won the derby

Withstood her counterattack Alba and triumphed in the derby of tails n Villerban!

Ponceco’s side built a double-digit lead in the first half of the match, but saw the hosts come back in the third period, before showing their good form again in the fourth and most decisive quarter, cruising to victory with the final 73-68.

Thus, the French improved their record to 2-6 and moved off the bottom of the standings, where Alba is now alone, with a record of 1-7.

Top for the winners are Louvavu-Cambaro (19p.), De Colo (16p with 4/6 three-pointers), and Fal (14 points, 11 rebounds), while for the losers the only one with double-digit points was Timan (16 p.).

The match:



Alba started the match with Spaniolo, Brown, Olinde, Timan and Coumaji, while Villerban had Lee, Luvavo-Cambaro, Lighty, Loverne and Fall as their main players. The guests were superior in the first minutes, initially they took the lead with 8-4, while they made their first double-digit difference early on, with Louvavu-Cambaro to make it 19-8, reaching 9 personal points. Fal with two consecutive baskets of his own reached 8 (he also had 5 rebounds) put the Villerban down 23-8, the Germans were off target and made constant mistakes, allowing the French to end the first period leading by 28-13!

However, Villerban “froze” offensively and failed to score in the first 3:30 minutes of the second period, while Prosida scored 7 points in a row, reducing it to 20-28 for her Alba. With… in front of him De Colo the visitors responded, finding a rhythm again in their attack and restoring their double-digit differences, and although the home team managed to cut it to 35-37, the experienced French guard made two consecutive three-pointers, setting the 35-43 which ended the first half.

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Changed for the better in the third period h Alba, didn’t allow her opponents to score for 5 consecutive minutes, going on a 12-0 run to take a 47-43 lead. The partial score in favor of the home team reached 20-5, before the Paris Lee and Louvavu-Cambaro reduce to 55-53at the end of the third quarter.

The fourth and decisive period began with Villeurbanne… gathering and building 11-2 streakin favor of 67-57, but Alba had not yet said her last word, approaching within “shooting distance” with the protagonist Olinda, who scored six straight points for the 68-69. In the late stages of the match, when the ball was “on fire”, Paris Lee made a great defense with a steal for her VillerbanLouvavu-Cambaro pitched 1/2 shots, but o Brown airballed a three-pointer for the tie, to set up the final 73-68 in favor of the guests.

The quarters: 13-28, 35-43, 55-53, 68-73

The match statistics