Toulouse at Bourges
BOURGES, France (Interstat) — Bourges will host Toulouse in a women’s professional basketball game Saturday, with the home team looking to move above .500 and the visiting team seeking its first win of the season. Bourges enters at 2-2, while Toulouse is 0-4.
Bourges has split its first four games. The club most recently dropped a 76-55 decision at USK Prague, a game in which Clarince Djaldi Tabdi produced 16 points, nine rebounds, one assist and one block in 31 minutes. Maeva Djadi Tabdi added 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Laura Mendez finished with eight points, one rebound and four assists. Bourges’ wins this season came against Lyon, 72-59, and Landerneau, 81-67, while its other loss was at Montpellier, 90-83.
Toulouse remains winless after a 79-37 home loss to Charnay. Laetitia Guapo led the way with nine points, 12 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 36 minutes. Jessica Lindstrom contributed eight points, 11 rebounds and two assists, and Dominique Toussaint added eight points, three rebounds and three assists. The visitors also have lost to La Tronche Meylan, Flammes and Villeneuve.
Guapo has been a consistent presence for Toulouse. She had 13 points, four rebounds and one assist in 26 minutes at La Tronche Meylan, and she posted two points, seven rebounds and seven assists in 39 minutes against Flammes. She also recorded nine points, 12 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in the most recent game. Her rebounding and playmaking have been regular parts of Toulouse’s attack.
Clarince Djaldi Tabdi has been Bourges’ top individual performer. Before the USK Prague game, she had three points, one rebound, one assist and one block in 17 minutes at Lyon, 11 points, two rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes at Lattes Montpellier, and eight points, two rebounds, one assist and one block in 21 minutes against Landerneau Bretagne. She leads Bourges into the matchup after her 16-point, nine-rebound effort.
Toulouse will look to Guapo, Lindstrom and Toussaint to generate offense and keep pace on the road. Bourges will counter with Clarince Djaldi Tabdi, Maeva Djadi Tabdi and Mendez, a trio that combined for 35 points and 22 rebounds in the most recent outing. The game is part of a busy stretch for both clubs, with Toulouse scheduled to host Angers, Landes, Lyon and Villeneuve, among others, and Bourges set to face Emlak before road games at Landes and Lublin.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Bourges 78, Toulouse 67.