Rouen at Pays Voironnais
VOIRON, France (Interstat) — Pays Voironnais will host Rouen on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game. Pays Voironnais enters with a 3-1 record, while Rouen is 1-3.
Pays Voironnais has won three of its first four games. The team beat Champagne 76-74, won 70-55 at Feytiat and defeated La Roche Vendee 98-49 before falling 79-75 at Montbrison in its most recent outing. In that loss, Ines Nezerwa scored 23 points and added six rebounds and two assists. Daniela Dibanzilua contributed 17 points and six rebounds, and Carine Silatsa had 12 points and nine rebounds. Pays Voironnais’ lone loss came by four points at Montbrison.
Nezerwa is a player to watch for Pays Voironnais. She scored nine points with three rebounds in the win over La Roche Vendee, posted 12 points and 10 rebounds in the win at Feytiat, and had 12 points, six rebounds and four assists in the win over Champagne. She also had two blocks against Champagne and one block at Feytiat. She recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Feytiat.
Rouen’s most recent result was a 71-70 home win over Geispolsheim. Ludivine Marie finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds and two assists. Marie Bernadette Mbuyamba added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Clara Causeur had 12 points and eight assists.
Marie is a player to watch for Rouen. She had 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Geispolsheim, six points and six rebounds in a loss at Nice, and two points, five rebounds and one block in a loss to Mondeville. Rouen also has losses at Monaco and at Nice this season, along with a home defeat to Mondeville. Rouen opened the season with an 89-41 loss at Monaco.
Pays Voironnais will look to protect its home court and improve to 4-1, while Rouen seeks a second straight win after its one-point victory over Geispolsheim. The matchup features Nezerwa and Marie, two players who have produced on the boards and on the scoreboard in recent games. Both teams have played four games this season.
Rouen’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Porte du Hainaut and a road game at La Roche Vendee. Pays Voironnais is set to visit Union Hainaut before hosting Mondeville. Pays Voironnais will host Mondeville after its trip to Union Hainaut. Both teams will continue their seasons with a busy stretch of games.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Pays Voironnais 73, Rouen 58.