Caen — Aix Maurienne: 95:91, Pro B

Caen beat Ex-Maurienne 95 to 91 in Pro B on Friday evening, holding on in a match that stayed close until the final moments. The hosts took the points despite sitting lower in the table, and here's the thing about Pro B — you never know who will blink first.

Caen remain seventeenth after thirty-eight games, thirteen wins and twenty-five defeats, while Ex-Maurienne sit thirteenth with eighteen victories. By then the gap between them was clear enough, but on the court the difference collapsed into four points.

The home side came in on the back of an 82-79 win over Evreux, while the visitors had lost 85-62 at Fos Provence on Wednesday. To be fair, momentum can turn quickly in this division, and neither side showed the composure to seal things early.

We had backed Ex-Maurienne at fifty-two per cent confidence, but the away side simply could not pull away when it mattered. Caen found the answers at the right time, and the prediction went the other way.

The result leaves Caen still searching for consistency, but Ex-Maurienne's away run continues without the victory they needed. Nine-point margins like this decide more than you might think at the end of the season.