Perpignan Basket 66 lifted their second LF2 Final Four Championship medal after crushing hosts COB Calais (76-56) in the final. Elodie Bertal (in picture) who scored 15 points in the game was voted MVP for the Final Four weekend.
With this victory, Perpignan Basket 66 have won the right on the basketball court to be promoted to the LFB. For Calais who had won the regular season, their defeat was their third one to Perpignan this season.
Calais started the game well with Tiffany Clarke scoring on the very first attack. In addition Awa Sissoko, on fire, added 7 quick points. However Marie-Frédérique Ayissi was also on fine form for Perpignan with 8 first-quarter points.
With a 9-0 run, Perpignan were able to pull away starting with a three-pointer by Pauline Lo. With just under two minutes remaining in the first quarter, Kevin Brohan called his first time-out for Calais.
Calais switched to their running and shooting from far game and hit a couple of big shots to reduce their deficit by the end of the first quarter (15-24).
Clarke from Calais was more aggressive under the basket at the start of the second quarter and provoked fouls. This enabled her to score some free throws as the hosts started to chase after the score.
Ayissi (in picture in blue) on the other hand was unstoppable and continued to score
as Perpignan opened up a double-digit lead (28-18) with five minutes
played in the quarter.
Calais finally found a way to stop
Perpignan from scoring with an aggressive player-to-player marking
system while chipping away at their deficit to finish the first half
trailing (26-30).
In a game of contrasting styles Perpignan's collective play enabled them to keep the youthful individual exploits of their opponents at bay. However this did not stop Calais from setting the hall on fire.
Once again Sissoko got the third quarter off to a flying start with a spectacular one-hand buzzer beater. But the duo of Fatou Dieng and Elodie Bertal enabled the guests to extend their advantage (43-33) half way through the quarter.
Perpignan's better shot selection paid off as they stretched their lead by the end of the third quarter (63-43) to 20 points with a buzzer beater by Ayissi.
The shooting festival by Perpignan continued with Bertal taking over from Pauline Lo from the land of many to more or less kill the game off as a contest with her first shot of the fourth quarter (66-43). Calais had no more answers and Perpignan cruised to their second LF2 Championship title in a match in which seasoned LFB veterans prevailed over youth (76-56).
COB Calais Jenny Fouasseau 5 points |
Perpignan Basket 67
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Perpignan Basket 66 domine la finale contre COB Calais. Son age et son expérience lui donne une victoire bien savoureuse contre une jeune équipe Nordiste (76-56). Puis Elodie Bertal de Perpignan remporte aussi le titre de MVP de la Finale Four en LF2 2014.
Calais débute le match avec beaucoup de l'énergie. Tiffany Clarke et Awa Sissoko survoltent. Mais Marie-Frédérique Ayissi répond avec 8 points elle-même pour Perpignan.
Puis Perpignan creuse un premier écart avec 9 points consécutifs : commençant avec un tir primé par Pauline Lo.
Après un temps mort par Calais, les Nordistes changent de la tactique pour pouvoir réduire leur déficit à la fin du premier quart-temps (15-24).
Clarke, plus aggressive sous le panier, provoque des fautes et marque ensuite ses lancers francs pour permettre à Calais de se rapprocher du score de son adversaire.
Mais une nouvelle fois, Ayissi met des paniers pour Perpignan afin d'élargir l'avantage (28-18) après cinq minutes jouées dans le deuxième quart-temps.
Enfin Calais trouve des moyens pour empêcher Perpignan à marquer avec une défense très agressive et ainsi réduit l'écart à (26-30).
Le jeu collectif de Perpignan est opposé à celui de Calais avec des exploits individualistes. Sissoko marque tout de suite au début du troisième quart pour enflammer les Calaisiennes.
Mais Fatou Dieng et Elodie Bertal continuent à creuser l'écart pour Perpignan (43-33) dans les cinq premières minutes de ce quart et puis c'est encore une fois Ayissi qui confirme la supériorité des Perpignanaises avec la dernière balle dans ce quart pour aggrandir l'avantage à 20 points (63-43).
Les dix dernières minutes, c'est du sens unique. Des shoots de longue distance par Pauline Lo et Bertal font l'effet et COB Calais capitule.
Perpignan Basket 66 gagne le titre des Championnes de France en LF2 et le droit de jouer en LFB la saison prochaine, si tout va bien.
LF2 Final Four picture credits:
womensbasketball-in-france.com
Date created: 18 May 2014
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