BLMA: “We followed the game plan perfectly”, very solid, the Gazelles brought back a victory from Lyon

Elodie Naigre a pesé sur la rencontre. MAXPPP – Maxime JEGAT

Le BLMA est toujours invaincu après son succès, sans discussion (66-85), ce dimanche à Lyon en ayant mené toute la rencontre.

Following their trip to Lithuania, Valéry Demory's players, without the injured Garance Rabot (sprained left ankle), struck a major blow this Sunday by dominating, from start to finish, an Asvel team that they managed to deprive of solutions.

Lyonnaises were clumsy at the start of the match where BLMA began to weave its web (5-14, 5th; 17-27, 8th), put into orbit by the three 3-point baskets of Elodie Naigre (5/8 in total).

And if Asvel came closer with an 8-0 (25-27) at the end of the first quarter, BLMA accelerated again thanks to its defensive aggressiveness and a lot of intensity (25-37, 14th; 29-41, 18th). To dominate and control the match until the end (44-59, 26th; 52-70, 32nd).

“We also put a lot of intensity and aggressiveness which is the DNA of this team to be able to defend very hard”

“We perfectly respected the game plan, confided Valéry Demory's assistant, Ahmed Mbombo Njoya. We knew that Asvel is a team that projects itself quickly forward and that has the ability to play transitions very well. We had bet on forcing them to play on set play. We wanted to give them open shots but they were clumsy. We also controlled the rebound to cut off the fast game. For our part, we had to play to our strengths, namely being able to put the ball inside, fix and come out to have open shots. We also put a lot of intensity and aggressiveness which is the DNA of this team to be able to defend very strongly."

The technical sheet

ASVEL LYON  66 Referees: MM. Bardera, Roux and Archer. 1200 spectators.
BLMA: 31/61 shots (9/20 at 3 pts), 14/17 LF, 31 rebounds (Fankam 8), 21 assists (Suarez-Utrero 6), 13 BP (Naigre 3), 17 fouls, 106 evaluation (Naigre 20, Fankam 20, Bernies 19, Bailey 19).
Starting five: Suarez-Utrero (3), Bernies (12), Bailey (12), Naigre (20), Fankam (14). Then: Limouzin (6), Brun (2), Angloma (10), Milapie (6).