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Tarbes lead LFB Championship play-off final series Tarbes had won the first game of the 2009 LFB Championship play-off final series while playing at home. However they then went on to lose the series with back to back defeats in Bourges.Tarbes have ended a negative series going back to 2003, when they had last won a match at the home of Bourges Basket by winning (76-73). Bourges' first home game of the season had ended in defeat to Arras (81-84) and they have ended their home programme with a defeat.
Eldebrink finished the game with 24 points which included 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. The other big players of the game were Isabelle Yacoubou-Dehoui, Emma Randall and Hamchetou Maïga-Ba. For Randall and Maïga-Ba their contribution was crucial as they provided the extra support for Eldebrink and Yacoubou-Dehoui. For Bourges Basket Katarina Manic dished out the assists. Nwal-Endéné Miyem played her heart out and Emméline Ndongue dominated the rebounds. But it was not enough to win the game. The match itself was very physical and tactical. Bourges had the better of the first quarter and led (22-17) by the end of the first quarter. Tarbes dominated the early part of the second quarter to lead (40-38) at the break. The cat and mouse game continued all through the third quarter with Tarbes holding on to the advantage (56-55). The final quarter was tense. Tarbes' foul problems saw them fall behind (72-71) with 2 points from the charity stripes by Miyem with the game in the last minute and Hamchetou Maïga-Ba fouling out. The rest of the points came from the free-throw line and it was Yacoubou-Dehoui who managed to draw her international team-mate Ndongue into fouling her. Yacoubou-Dehoui scored the two shots. Florence Lepron and Eldebrink split pairs to give the guests a 4-point lead. Isis Arrondo was in the dying seconds adjudged to have fouled Manic while she went for a three-point shot. Manic scored just 1-from-3 and Bourges ended up losing the game. LFB Championship Play-off Box Score: Bourges Basket 73-76 Tarbes Bourges Basket: Anaël Lardy 5, Katarina Manic 10 (7 assists), Nwal-Endéné Miyem 20 (8 rebounds), Styliani Kaltsidou 12, Jennifer Digbeu 2, Ana Lelas 6, Paoline Salagnac 4, Emméline Ndongue 10 (11 rebounds), Ilona Burgrova 4. Tarbes: Hamchetou Maïga-Ba 11, Anne Breitreiner 2, Frida Eldebrink 24, Pauline Jannault 3, Isis Arrondo 0, Naura El Gargati DNP, Florence Lepron 5 (8 assists), Béatrice Castets DNP, Fatimatou Sacko 2, Isabelle Yacoubou-Dehoui 22 (11 rebounds), Emma Randall 11. LFB championship play-off: Bourges and Tarbes qualify for final Return from LFB Basketball News to Ligue Féminine de BasketBall index Go to Women Playing Basketball In France Home Page LFB championship play-off picture credits: Ligue Féminine de Basketball - LFB
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Frida Eldebrink (pictured) was the hero for Tarbes in this game. She scored her team's first 8 points while they trailed (14-8) early in the quarter. Her trey at the end of the first half enabled Tarbes to go into the interval ahead (40-38).
