> The essential

Beaten last season (63-82) by Vitré at the Petit Palais des Sports, the TBC, with Thimon as an offensive guide (5 out of 10 to 3 points) and Gottin as a defensive model, this time logically won. However, he should have avoided being scared by conceding an 11-0 in the last two minutes. Toulouse remains fourth in the standings, two points behind the leader Angers, whom he is visiting on Tuesday.

> The encounter

The Vitréens take the best start (0-7, 3rd). The people of Toulouse take a particularly bad one. They do not enter the game with the first basket, 3 points, from Aygalenq. The TBC is finally in the game. Coming back to 2 lengths (7-9, 4th) he scored 9 points without conceding any (16-10, 7th) before leaving too much freedom to Fandelet (19-10, 10th). A 4 out of 4 with 3 points from Toulouse blew up the Breton zone defense (31-19, 13th). Until halftime (43-32) the TBC (9 out of 15 to 3 points in 20 minutes) swims its lead around 10 points despite Robin and the American Tresnak. But the latter is regular. At first, Kouyaté, Anderson and Sahraoui compensate (50-39, 27th). In a second, Alexis and Prolhac, at 3 points, come to make the work of their pivot bear fruit. Vitré is back (52-50, 28th). Thimon and Aygalenq, 3 points, pushing him back (60-52, 30th).

The last period will be suspenseful. Fatigue is felt. The TBC registers only two points in 5 minutes but manages to stay in the legs in defense like a precious Gottin (62-58, 35th). A strong time of Sahrawi and a 3 points of Anderson make believe in an easy victory in Toulouse (71-59, 38th). The all-terrain defense of Vitré and the success of Fandelet caused a wave of panic to blow through the ranks of the locals who therefore only kept one point in advance.