Paris (AFP)
The Lyon basketball players, reigning French champions (2019), won late Saturday afternoon in Mont-de-Marsan against Basket Landes 75 to 63, thus signing their seventh victory of the season, in a late match. of the Women's League.
In the standings, the Lionesses have a record of seven wins for three defeats and still have a game to play against the Carolo Flames of Charleville-Mézières, before reaching half of the regular season of the French Championship.
The date of the meeting has not yet been set.
Saturday, the pivot Helena Ciak delivered a big performance with 20 points (best scorer of the meeting) and 4 rebounds to allow her teammates to win against the Montoises.
In the standings, Basket Landes, where Céline Dumerc is playing her last season, retains her second place, with nine wins for two losses, two wins from Tango Bourges, undefeated at mid-regular season (11 wins).
The Lyonnaises, who are slowly coming back on the head, remain on a good dynamic, after securing their place in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague last week.
The only French club qualified for this stage of the European competition, Lyon will face the Hungarians of Sopron in mid-March for a place in a first Final 4.
In other meetings on Saturday, Villeneuve-d'Ascq snatched the victory (85-83) against Montpellier on a buzzer basket from Viana Ygueravide, for a seventh success this season in eleven matches.
The internationals will now join their selection.
The France team will gather in Toulouse to prepare for Euro-2021 and the Tokyo Olympics.
Les Bleues will face Spain in a friendly and closed-door way twice next week (Friday at 9 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.).
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