Toulouse. The TBC makes a good move and ideally launches its season
The Dao players made a perilous trip to Vitré last night where the club is starting a new adventure with coach Fabien Calvez at the helm. You have to wait 2 good minutes to see a first basket scored by Dadiet. Diop follows suit (0-6). The Vitréans, feverish and lacking in inspiration, had to rely on Prolhac behind the arc to finally take off. The Mekdad experiment still finds Diop under the circle. Toulouse, well in place defensively, took the lead (9-11, 10th). Prolhac at mid-distance and Jubenot in the paint restoring color to their team (15-11) but opposite André, 13 points in this period, caused misfortunes in the vitreous racket (19-18).
Lacking skill, only 2/17 from 3 points, Fabien Calvez’s players are struggling against serious Toulouse players but also lacking skill with a zero point on 9 from 3 points and 11/30 on shots. At the break, Dao’s men did the right thing by leading 25-30. With the Mopsus-Mekdad duo in charge, the Toulouse team are in the lead (31-38). Vitré still can’t find rhythm and address at mid-distance. On the contrary, it was Dao’s men who widened the gap (34-49, 27th). The TBC enters the last quarter with a 6-point lead (45-51). Fandelet’s teammates, still rough, still stay in the game thanks to a basket from Prolhac (51-55) in the 35th minute.
The tension is at its maximum on the floor when Fandelet equalizes at (62-62) 52 seconds from the buzzer. It’s over, Toulouse wins the bet (62-66) against voluntary but also very approximate Vitreans last night.