CSB continued its flawless run in this Pré-National Pyrénées group by remaining unbeaten after five days.
But if the “yellows and blue” won their fifth success in as many games this Saturday night, the meeting was not a smooth trip because the hopes of Tarbes (whose pennant team plays in Nationale 1) resisted within thirty -seven minutes a game. marked by intensity on both sides of the field for both teams.
In this continuation match after two weekends without a game, Tarbes 2 took the lead from the start. But Béthune then Discazeaux (author of a 3-point basket) gave CSB the first advantage in the 3rd (8/6). Both teams went back and forth on the attack. Diakhate shows himself when he enters but it is Tarbes 2 that leads to the 10th (17/18).
From the beginning of the second quarter, Béthune scored 3 points and woke up Chaudron.
Lotois, who outscored their opponents 8/0 in three minutes, increased their defensive pressure (25/18 in the 13th). But Tarbais, who dominated more than anything else through their interior play, instead passed 7 to 0 to the locals and in the 15th the two teams were back to back (25/25).
The “yellows and blues” then fall into their mistakes with 15 balls lost in twenty minutes and go to the break with a delay of one point (34/35).
Doumbia began to make his mark inside after returning from the locker room and Peltier gave the biggest gap of the game in favor of Lotois in the 27th (54/44). Lotoi completed the third quarter, which was about to decide the final score, with an advantage of nine points (58/49.30th).
In the last quarter, Tarbes still did not give up and came back two lengths in 33rd (62/60). Peltier was then the key element in ending the game with a 14 point streak that included 3 3-point baskets and 3 free throws, thus giving CSB its fifth win in five games as it travels next Sunday. (1 pm) to the room of T0AC 2 with the ambition to maintain his invincibility.
In the curtain-raiser, full marks for the locals: CSB 3 won 68 to 33 against Prayssac and CSB 2 won against Saint-Orens 52 to 46.
CahorSauzet 78 – Tarbes II 72
MT: 34/35 for Tarbes II.
Room temps: 17/18; 17/17; 24/14; 20/23.
CSB: 9 3-pointers/19 2-pointers/13 free throws from 18 attempts/21 turnovers.
CSB Score: Bambanza 2pts/Dronjak 9pts/Bethune 11pts/Diakhate 14pts/Peltier 19pts/Khoussa 6pts/Doumbia 10pts/Discazeaux 3pts/Benne/Prouillac 4pts.