The players of Mont-de-Marsan, where the French legend Céline Dumerc plays, won the second title in the history of the young club after the title of champion of France last year against Lattes-Montpellier.
Thanks to this success in the Coupe de France, they ensure their place in the Euroleague for next season, the third in a row.
Neither of the two teams managed to make a sufficient gap in front of 15,000 spectators and it was finally Basket Landes, thanks in particular to Regan Magarity (24 points, MVP of the match), who managed to tip over after ten minutes of extra time. the play on the good side for the Landaises, whose return by train to Mont-de-Marsan with the public promises to be hot.
"I'm sorry for the SNCF for the return. The train risks derailing", joked after the meeting coach Julie Barennes.
"I think people had a great time and we did a great promotion of women's basketball."
At 39, Dumerc won her sixth Coupe de France, the first five had been won with … Bourges.
"It's madness. The game was crazy, it felt like it was never going to end. What's even better is that almost all of our fans were there. It's more than a title, it's magical to live these moments in this atmosphere", explained "Caps" at a press conference.
"We'll see", she mischievously slipped when asked if there could be a sequel to her adventure, when she extended for a season in the spring of 2021 with Basket Landes and she will blow its forty candles on July 9.
For Tango Bourges, winner of the Eurocoupe (second European level behind the Euroleague) two weeks ago and assured of first place in the Women's League at the end of the regular season, the place in the Euroleague next season will pass by the French championship, whose play-offs begin in May.
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