Jonathan Rousselle and the JDA Dijon qualified for the Leaders Cup: “There will be a title to defend”
Winner of Bourg-en-Bresse, the JDA Dijon is also qualified for the Leaders Cup. It officially validates its excellent start to the season.
With exemplary consistency since the start of the season, the JDA Dijon has validated its ticket for the Leaders Cup. And this after a new victory over JL Bourg (90-83), which showed the same record before the meeting and which ended a series of six rank victories in Betclic Elite.
Deprived of Jacques Alingue and Abdoulaye Loum inside, the best attack in the championship was brought on Friday evening by his duo Markis McDuffie (25 points, 12 rebounds) – Gavin Ware (21 points, 13 rebounds).
“We are satisfied after this victory, especially given the circumstances, commented Jonathan Rousselle (4 points, 2 rebounds in 21 minutes) in remarks transcribed by The public good. We knew we had to make a match, not out of the ordinary, but where everyone had to give a little more, be brave and we did it. We managed to play at the pace we wanted to play. We were very united in defense. Against a well-armed team, better equipped than us, I think we made the right saves at the right time. We played with the head. We can be proud, relish and get back to work, quickly, because we will still have injuries in the next game. The objective of the start of the season with the Leaders Cup has been achieved, there will be a title to defend. It’s a good thing done but we don’t want to stop there. »
“Faced with six interiors, we only had two, plus Brembly who can play in position 4 and a hope, but it doesn’t matter who plays at the end, added coach Nenad Markovic. We had to deal with this situation. You just had to be extraordinary, fight on every ball, on every rebound, give even more energy than usual to compensate for the absences. And in this area, I think we have been very good. The guys did a great job. They played together, never gave up and I’m very proud of them. For us, this is a big victory. »
Apart from Dijon, Monaco, Boulogne-Levallois and Cholet are also qualified for the Leaders Cupwhich will take place in Saint-Chamond from February 17 to 19.
Boxscore Dijon – Bourg / Betclic Elite Ranking / The other results of the evening
Photo: Jonathan Rousselle (FIBA)