Rouen Métropole Basket — Vichy-Clermont: 97:101, Pro B

Rouen Métropole Basket fell to a 97:101 defeat against Vichy-Clermont in Pro B on 25 September 2026. The visitors completed a hard-fought away victory in what proved to be an evenly matched contest. To be fair, neither side dominated for long stretches of the game.

The margin of four points tells only part of the story. We had given Rouen a 52 per cent chance of victory, and the match went another way entirely. And here's the thing — the visitors found a way to answer every time the hosts pushed forward.

Rouen sit fourteenth in the table with eighteen wins from thirty-eight games. Vichy-Clermont hold sixth place after twenty-two victories. The gap between them remains steady, though this result brought the two sides closer on the night.

The hosts had shown improvement in their recent run, beating Chalan 98:77 and Orléans Loiret 84:72. Vichy-Clermont's form had been harder to read — losses to Lyon 56:67 and Orléans Loiret 56:71 had raised questions. By then, they had simply needed to respond.

A win away from home keeps the visitors in the upper half of the standings. Rouen remain outside the playoff places, twenty points behind the leaders with another two defeats to their name. The table does not shift dramatically from one result, but momentum matters in a league this long.