The Carmasines travel this Saturday to Toulouse, the objective to win against Toulouse Métropole, and bring back a second victory in a row after the success against Tarbes last Saturday (69-52).

Toulouse Métropole Basket, 3rd after 3 meetings during the last season stopped because of covid, did not upset its workforce too much in the inter-season, with 2 starts, Maroussia Droguet left for Ifs, and Amélie Tamburro for Tournefeuille.

Coach Pierre Mondouch has therefore set a reasonable goal: “That the players progress to reach the best possible level”.

But things got off to a bad start for the Haut-Garonnaises, who are in 10th place, with two defeats, 59-75 against Gars d’Herbauge Bouaye, and 79-63 at Basket-Landes, a victory therefore becomes vital for the team of the pink city, a third failure would plunge the team into the bottom of the standings and into doubt.

For the Carmausines, the short trip to the Occitan capital should allow De Angelis and her teammates to confirm the victory against Tarbes Espoir, after the short defeat in Nantes on September 18 (59-54).

Against the Tarbaises, the victory was long to emerge, 8 points separating the 2 teams 10 minutes from the end.

The Tarnaises then passed the overdrive in the last quarter (26-17) to pocket a victory not yet entirely convincing for the coach Guillaume Cormont: “We are not yet at the point, we must continue to work”.

A difficult but well-deserved victory against young Tarbese hopefuls and their leader Fanny Scappaticci, who played the following Wednesday in the Eurocup with the pro team against Kortrijk.

7th in the standings, tied on points with Anglet (5th), Bouaye (6th), Chalosse (8th), the Gazelles have as their only point of reference the defeat of Toulouse at Basket-Landes, which remains on a defeat at Tarbes .

But Saturday will be a new challenge for the Carmausines, who will want to collect 2 points before receiving Brive on October 9, one of the top names in the pool, undefeated after 2 games.