The Villeneuve-d'Ascq players win the second Eurocoupe in their history

Ten years after their first coronation, Villeneuve-d'Ascq's basketball players won the Eurocoupe again on Wednesday April 2. The Northerners finished the work against Ferrol, a Spanish team, at home during the return final (84-70). Those who had already imposed themselves on the outward first (78-75) did not tremble, taking more than 10 points ahead in a quarter of an hour of play. Best marker of the match, the American rear Shavonte Zellous (38) finished the meeting with 23 points.

This coronation is a large breath of fresh air in the heart of a season in the shape of roller coaster. “The warriors” clearly enhance the assessment of an exercise started by eleven defeats in a row all competitions after having lost a large part of the backbone of their formidable 2023-2024 season (Kariata Diaby, Kennedy Burke, Janelle Salaün and Kamiah Smalls) who had resulted in a title of French champions and a final of Euroligue, the first for 20 years for a French club.

This season, they waited two months to win a match, before losing their coach this winter, Rachid Meziane, released to take up the challenge of coaching in WNBA, in Connecticut Sun. Maxime Bézin was propelled to the bench at 38 and without experience at this level, and with him Villeneuve-d'Ascq imitated the Asvel, victorious of this C2 in 2023.

The title in Eurocoupe does not whistle the end of the season. The warriors must still validate their maintenance in the championship. Eliminated from the play-off race, they must pass the play-downns.