A 108-56 win over UCS Cosne Basket, Saturday at home, was a reflection of the club’s season that it ended, well. Maintain qualification for a brilliant second round of the Pre-National for the flag team, promotion for the reserve and the U18s… and a guaranteed place in the final cup of the department!
Cosnois basketball players ended the 2023-2024 financial year by winning 108 to 56 against Saint-Apollinaire, in Cosec Marcel-Chevrin. They are thus ranked 3rd in the Prénationale, a stone’s throw from the second, CSL Dijon, beaten to the wire on Saturday by Chenôve, who will go up to NM3 and who (regret!!), Cosne beat one months ago…
Great second half of the season
Liberated and without pressure, they ended up with a resounding and big victory at the expense of a team that expected nothing from this game. For the Ligeriens, the underlying goal is victory to secure a place on the podium, if possible in style.
Coach Benjamin Pataud confirmed this. “We validated our 3rd place which was not easy last fall. This game allows us to end the season in style and to please our public. Guys work during the week, it pays off! »
“The club had a very good season after the difficult year 2022-2023 in the end that we almost did not continue, summarizes President Laye N’Dir, also happy with the enthusiasm of the public made during the year. At the close of many executives, we returned to the unknown and with a lot of anxiety, but we did well.
To the final of the cup
The qualification of the high access group confirmed the continuation of the Prenationale in December, but it was at the end of the season that Cosnois shined the most. “We achieved a very good 2nd phase with only one defeat in Cosec, against Montceau, and a prestigious victory against Chenôve on the rise,” recalled Laye N’Dir.
A whole successful club
The rest of the club is united. The senior reserve flew to the department championship and rose to R3. Equally an upward curve for the U18s who will compete in a play-off in September to also progress to regional level. Two accessions of the floors that nevertheless must be valid administratively according to the means available to the club.
“The boys work all week, it pays off! »
Benjamin Pataud (Coach)
Moreover, the next season promises to be difficult. A reform is being prepared. So from September, there will be only one Prenational hen, instead of two at the moment. So we need to know how to make the most of the experience of this time.