Poitiers wins Pro B championship, advances
to Pro A - Jun 21, 2009 Poitiers - Limoges 67-54
Poitiers made it in Pro B. In the Big Final, which was played last night
Poitiers was better than Limoges 67-54 winning the title and at the same
time getting promotion to Pro A 09/10.
Rasheed Wright (196-F-80, college:
ODU)
and
Pierre-Yves Guillard (201-F-84) were the key players in the winning
squad. Wright spent 34 minutes on the court draining 18 points, but with
not so brilliant shot percentage. Guillard helped with double-double, 16
points and 10 boards. Third scorer in victory was
Lamine Kante (200-F-87) with 8 pts. In Limoges,
Steffon Bradford (200-F-78, agency:
Pro Partner Sports Management, college:
Nebraska) shined with 15 points and just 2 missed shots for the
game.
Mathieu Tensorer (198-F-83) had 13, while
Alhaji Mohammed (192-G-81, agency:
Beo Basket, college:
Louisville) this time stopped on just 7 pts.
As a reminder, Poitiers entered to Playoffs as No.2 with 26-8 record. In
the Quarterfinals they eliminated Nantes in three games, 2-1. At the
next stage they outplayed Bourg also with 2-1. On the other side,
Limoges was No.5 in regular season with 21-13. In QFinals Limoges was
better than Clermont. After that they made a big surprise edging the
regular season champ Paris-Levallois with perfect 2-0.
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