Just two of Frederic Fauthoux’s players hit double figures in points, yet the French side still managed to improve to 8-2.
Bourg capitalized on Slask turnovers to secure fourth straight win
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Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse took to the Hala Orbita court on Tuesday night looking to extend its winning streak to four games. Frederic Fauthoux’s side saw Dusan Miletic open the scoring in the first quarter, but that was Slask Wroclaw’s only lead in a game that Bourg ended up winning 63-72.
The guests were in cruise control throughout all four quarters and made the most of their second-chance opportunities and Slask’s turnovers to seal a road victory. In fact, Bourg scored 22 points off turnovers and another 16 second-chance points. This is more than half of the guests’ 72 points, as Bourg outscored Slask in each of the first three quarters: 16-20, 17-22 and 15-16.
Bourg did enough to grab the win
Coming into the game without key players Kendale McCullum and Jakub Niziol, Slask made a gigantic effort to stay close but finally succumbed to a superior Bourg side. Coach Fauthoux admitted that this was not Bourg’s best game so far this season, but stressed that it was his team’s third road duel in a row across all competitions, something that may have affected the players physically and mentally.
“It wasn’t a good game, maybe because Slask had lots of injured players, maybe because it’s the third game on the road [for us] and we hadn’t come back home in the last eight days,” Fauthoux said during the post-game press conference.
Despite heading into Tuesday’s clash as the team averaging the third-least offensive rebounds (8.9), the second-least defensive boards (22.7) and the least total rebounds (31.6), Bourg managed to better its figures in all three categories. The visitors finished the game with 35 total rebounds, 25 defensive and 10 offensive, which was a huge boost in their bid to dictate the tempo of the game.
Bourg will finally return to Ekinox on Wednesday, when it takes on Dolomiti Energia Trento in Round 11 of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup season. The French side is currently unbeaten at home (5-0) and it will look to extend its winning streak to five games when Trento comes to town.