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LFB news headlines: Tarbes lost unbeaten record
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Bourges Basket’s victory will be in the LFB news headlines because they won against the last unbeaten team in the league this season Tarbes (73-58).
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During the last minute of the quarter the players found their range and started to score.
Breitreiner fired in another trey for Tarbes and almost immediately Essence Carson replied with a trey for Bourges.
Elderbrink and Nwal-Endéné Miyem then traded baskets before Elderbrink closed the scoring with a trey and her 11th point to the game for Tarbes to lead (30-28).
Miyem was quickest out of the starting blocks at the beginning of the third period and scored almost immediately. Charde Houston who was having a difficult time responded almost immediately for Tarbes.
Isabelle Yacoubou-Dehoui was also having a game to forget this evening. She had three attempts on scoring when she kept winning her rebound but she could not get the ball to drop.
In the meanwhile Miyem tied the game again (32-32).
Elderbrink and Breitreiner put Tarbes 5 points clear. But then Carson hit back to back three-pointers that got the home fans on their feet as Bourges went back in front (38-37).
The game changed completely as the teams played open offensive basketball with the ball flying in from all over the court.
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Bourges went into the last quarter ahead (53-48) after Anäel Lardy fired in the last trey of this quarter with a little over 10 seconds to play followed by Florence Lepron's 2 points.
Jannault opened the final period with a trey for Tarbes. But Jennifer Digbeu and Lardy made sure that Bourges maintained their advantage.
François Gomez called for a time-out with six minutes to play with his team trailing (52-59).
Tarbes committed too many fouls early which left them with four players on 4 fouls. In addition Bourges were having free trips to the free-throw line.
Bourges were rather generous from the free-throw line with just 1-of-6 but still went 10 points clear (64-54) with 2 points from Ndonge with four minutes to play.
Bourges had no problems for the rest of the game and went on to win (73-58).
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Armentières never got going
Mondeville did not allow their hosts to settle and were leading (8-0) after four minutes.
Armentières managed to break the run with back to back three-pointers from Kateryna Pilyashenko-Novohatna.
The home side was not playing well and allowed Mondeville to score 10 unanswered points to move 12 points clear (18-6) after 8 ½ minutes.
Mondeville relaxed a little too much leading (20-13) by the end of the first period. So they had their advantage reduced to 4 points within two minutes of the second period.
Valeriya Berezhynska (left) got Mondeville back on track with 6 straight points.
The guests controlled the rest of the second period to lead (41-27) at the interval and ended the game as a contest by the end of the third period (59-33).
Mondeville went on to win (65-44) with 21 points coming from Berezhynska. Aurélie Bonnan added 16 points and collected 12 rebounds while Clarissse Costaz added 12 points.
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Montpellier beat Aix-en-Provence
Montpellier had it all their way in the first period offensively and led (9-0) after five minutes. They continued controlling the pace of the game throughout the first quarter to increase their advantage (17-6).
Aix had no joy in the second period and suffered a 16-0 hammering. Julie Page from Aix did not give in and with 5 points brought some respectability to the score line at the break (22-40).
The guests battled away during the second half of the match and more or less traded basket for basket with Montpellier. However foul problems and the elimination of Page and Tiffany Stansbury during the final quarter for 5 fouls ended any hope of victory.
Montpellier went on to win (72-59) with Pauline Krawczyk once again leading the scoring with 20 points.
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Not the perfect end for Toulouse
Toulouse were caught sleeping at the start of the match and allowed their guests to open with (9-2) with less than two minutes played.
Toulouse woke up after the time-out and started to find their way to the basket and trailed (8-13) midway through the first period.
Both sides forgot about defending and went on the attack. Toulouse went in front briefly after Emmanuelle Hermouet hit a three-pointer with 90 seconds to play in the quarter.
The teams traded baskets with Nantes-Rezé edging the first quarter (23-22) after Doriane Tahanne scored a couple of free-throws.
After the fireworks of the first quarter, the teams cooled down and played moor defensively during the second period.
The lead changed several times with the guests from Nantes going into the interval in front (40-38).
Nantes led for most of the third period but were unable to build a lead of any significance and went into the final period (56-55).
The final quarter was tense and the two teams were tied (62-62) with four minutes left to play.
Nadine Niang-Peruch's season ended with just under three minutes to play when she was replaced by Swanne Gauthier.
Nantes had just taken the lead after Mame Marie Sy-Diop (15 points) split a pair of free-throws (65-64).
Most of the scoring during the last three minutes came from the free-throw line. However Toulouse had the last chance to win the game or take the game in overtime.
Hermouet (18 points) was way behind the three-point line when she fired in the last attempt. Unfortunately the ball did not drop and despite Emile Maurice picking up the rebound, Toulouse had no more time for another attack.
Lindsay Taylor, Kathleen MacLeod and Mélanie Plust all finished in double digits with 15, 11 and 10 points each for Nantes who have won their 4th game of the season.LFB news Box Score
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Basket Landes win again
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Basket Landes wasted no time and led (6-0) with just over one minute played. Limoges came back into the game with solid three-point shooting.
But once Aja Parham settled, Basket Landes took control and led (25-14) at the end of the first period.
Although Basket Landes were without Aniäs Le Gluher for the match, with Parham all over the place they stretched their advantage at the end of each quarter to win (79-61).
Parham scored 33 points, made 2 blocks and finished with 4 steals.
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Arras beat Villeneuve in the derby match on Sunday
This weekend it was the turn of Marielle Amant and Ukrainian international Olesia Malashenko (left) to steal the LFB news highlights for Arras with 18 and 17 points respectively.
Malashenko opened the scoring in this match with a three-pointer. It took five minutes for her side, playing at home, to take command of the game (11-6).
Leilani Mitchell's control in conducting the play enabled Arras to lead (24-17) at the end of the first quarter.
The second period was a physical affair with Elodie Bertal and Lady Comfort getting more involved for Villeneuve as they reduced the deficit by the interval (35-39).
The third quarter was typical of a derby match between these two teams, very physical. Scoring was made difficult with exploits in defense from both teams.
Arras held on to the lead going into the final quarter (55-49).
The first minute of the last period was explosive with Mitchell and Johanne Gomis (right) firing in shots from beyond the arc for Arras.
Bertal scored twice for Villeneuve with back to back jump shots in between the treys from Arras.
Comfort scored 7 points for Villeneuve. But with 2 points by Amant and 4 points by Malashenko, Arras led (67-60) with five minutes to play.
Gomis scored 5 points as Arras moved 11 points clear with 3:30 minutes to play.
Villeneuve were unable to score from open play for the rest of the game but finished with 6-from-7 from the free-throw line. Yet this was not enough to stop Arras from winning (74-69).
Gomis for Arras finished with 16 points while Mitchell dished out 10 assists.
For Villeneuve Comfort and Bertal scored 17 points each and Emilie Gomis added 16.
Jolene Anderson was stopped from shooting and managed only 1 shot in 26 minutes but dished out 3 assists.
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Last Update: 08 November 2009
