Namur Falls Short in eurocup Despite Twoโ double-Digit โLeads
Basket Namur Capitale suffered their second loss in the EuroCup, falling 80-77 โคtoโ their opponents after a hard-fought contest that ultimately went โขto overtime.
The game saw a back-and-forth battle, particularly after a strongโฃ third quarter โขpush by the Serbian team, led by Vuckovic โwho scoredโฃ 10 consecutive points to tie the score at 46-46 after 25 โขminutes. They briefly took the lead forโ the first โฃtime at โthe 28-minute mark, โforcing Namur to fight โback.
Throughout the fourthโข quarter, the teams traded baskets. Namur capitalized onโค early โteam fouls committedโค by their opponents, earning points from the free-throw line to โคremain competitive.Despite receiving a technical foul, the Namurโฃ players continued to press โฃdefensively, though consistency proved elusive.โค
with under โa minute remaining, Namur trailed 67-65, but Onyiah put them back in the lead. A timeout called by coachโ Laurent Franรงois with 14 seconds left couldn’t secure a final basket, sending the game into a five-minute overtime period tiedโ at 67-67.
In overtime, a crucial three-pointer by Culibrk shifted the momentum, giving โคher teamโ a โ76-70 โadvantage. A last-second attempt โขby โคDossou at theโฃ buzzer failed to fall, sealing โขNamur’s fate.
Following the โgame, Coach Franรงois expressed his disappointment withโ his team’s defensive performance, conceding 80 pointsโ atโ home. “We lacked consistency in defense, we were not ableโค to playโ a complete match,” he stated. “Despite the timeouts taken to ask the girls to play โขharder, weโ remained โคtoo soft onโข the โคball-screens, andโฃ we lacked โsuccess. On the โother hand, even though we took aโ ten-point lead on two occasions, our opponents are โable to get back into it; wellโ done to them. To win a Eurocupโ match, you have to be ready, and โขperhaps our opponents โคwere more so thanโ usโค this evening.”
