Benetton Fribourg Olympic sign Kenny Thomas - Feb 3, 2012 (by Luca Maffioli)
Benetton Fribourg Olympic strengthened their roster with the American player Kenny Thomas(191-G-87, college: Radford). Last season, the 24-years old guard played twelve games with Lions de Geneve. He averaged 14.9 points ( FGP: 54.1%, 3PT: 35.9%, FT: 76.3% ), 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Graduated at Radford University, Thomas started his career in 2009 in Swiss with Lausanne Basket.
[read more]
Benetton Fribourg Olympic strengthened their roster with the American player Kenny Thomas (191-G-87, college: Radford). Last season, the 24-years old guard played twelve games with Lions de Geneve. He averaged 14.9 points ( FGP: 54.1%, 3PT: 35.9%, FT: 76.3% ), 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Graduated at Radford University, Thomas started his career in 2009 in Swiss with Lausanne Basket.
LNB Round 19: Nyon U23 edges Bernex by two points - Feb 2, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
The most exciting game of round 19 in the LNB took place in Nyon. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 6th ranked Bernex (10-9) to seventh ranked Nyon U23 (11-8) 61-59 in the game for the sixth place. Bernex was trailing by 4 points at halftime but managed to get 1-point lead after three quarters before a 23-20 charge of Nyon U23, which allowed them to win the game. Nyon U23 have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to sixth place. Bernex at the other side dropped to the seventh position with nine games lost. Nyon U23 are looking forward to face Academie Fribourg (#13) on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Bernex will play against the league's leader Neuchatel (#1) and is hoping to win this game. An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Geneve. Second ranked Meyrin Geneve faced 3rd placed Vevey. Host Meyrin Geneve (14-4) defeated guests from Vevey (13-6) 88-74. Meyrin Geneve maintains second place with 14-4 record having six points less than leader Neuchatel. Vevey at the other side keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Bern and BC AKA. Meyrin Geneve will play against Swiss Central (#10) in Luzern in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Vevey will play at home against Bern (#5) and it may be a tough game between close rivals. An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Neuchatel. Leader Neuchatel faced 3rd placed Bern. Host Neuchatel (19-0) defeated guests from Bern (13-6) 93-84. Undefeated Neuchatel have an impressive series of seventeen victories in a row. They maintain first place with 19-0 record. Loser Bern keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Vevey and BC AKA. Neuchatel will meet Bernex (#7) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Bern will play against Vevey (#4) and it may be a tough game between close rivals. A very interesting game took place in Villars. It ended with only two-point home defeat of 8th ranked Villars (8-11) to eleventh ranked Pully (6-13) 81-79 on Wednesday evening. Pully moved-up to tenth place, which they share with Swiss Central and Blonay Basket. Villars at the other side keep the eighth position with 11 games lost. Pully's next round opponent will be higher ranked BC AKA (#3) in Hirschthal and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. The game with biggest result difference took place in Hirschthal. Local BC AKA (13-6) outscored 9th ranked Zurich Wildcats (6-12) 81-51 on Tuesday night. BC AKA moved-up to third place, which they share with Bern and Vevey. Loser Zurich Wildcats keep the ninth position with 12 games lost. BC AKA will face Pully (#11) on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Zurich Wildcats will play against Blonay Basket and be promoted back to the LNA just one year after relegation.
In the last two games of round 19 bottom-ranked DDV Lugano were defeated by Swiss Central in Luzern 73-62. Blonay Basket beat Acad.Fribourg at home 78-70.
There was no surprise in Luzern where 14th ranked DDV Lugano (3-15) was defeated by tenth ranked Swiss Central (6-13) 73-62 on Wednesday. The game was mostly controlled by Swiss Central. DDV Lugano was better in second period 15-14. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. The victory was the third consecutive win for Swiss Central. They maintain tenth place with 6-13 record, which they share with Pully and Blonay Basket. DDV Lugano lost their seventh game in a row. They stay at the bottom position with 15 games lost. Swiss Central will face league's second-placed Meyrin Geneve at home in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. DDV Lugano will play against Villars (#8).
The most exciting game of round 19 in the LNB took place in Nyon. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 6th ranked Bernex (10-9) to seventh ranked Nyon U23 (11-8) 61-59 in the game for the sixth place. Bernex was trailing by 4 points at halftime but managed to get 1-point lead after three quarters before a 23-20 charge of Nyon U23, which allowed them to win the game. Nyon U23 have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to sixth place. Bernex at the other side dropped to the seventh position with nine games lost. Nyon U23 are looking forward to face Academie Fribourg (#13) on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Bernex will play against the league's leader Neuchatel (#1) and is hoping to win this game.
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Geneve. Second ranked Meyrin Geneve faced 3rd placed Vevey. Host Meyrin Geneve (14-4) defeated guests from Vevey (13-6) 88-74. The game was mostly controlled by Meyrin Geneve. Vevey was better in third quarter 20-18. But it was not enough to take a lead and get a victory that evening. Meyrin Geneve maintains second place with 14-4 record having six points less than leader Neuchatel. Vevey at the other side keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Bern and BC AKA. Meyrin Geneve will play against Swiss Central (#10) in Luzern in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Vevey will play at home against Bern (#5) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
A very interesting game took place in Villars. It ended with only two-point home defeat of 8th ranked Villars (8-11) to eleventh ranked Pully (6-13) 81-79 on Wednesday evening. The guests were already 16 points ahead after 3 quarters before a 28-14 Villars' run in the last quarter cut the lead to 81-79 at the end of the game. Pully moved-up to tenth place, which they share with Swiss Central and Blonay Basket. Villars at the other side keep the eighth position with 11 games lost. Pully's next round opponent will be higher ranked BC AKA (#3) in Hirschthal and it will be quite challenging to get another victory.
The game between closely ranked teams ended with twelfth ranked Blonay Basket's (6-13) home victory over 13th ranked Academie Fribourg (3-15) 78-70 on Wednesday. The hosts trailed by 3 points after three quarters before their 24-13 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Blonay Basket moved-up to tenth place, which they share with Pully and Swiss Central. Loser Academie Fribourg keeps the thirteenth position with 15 games lost. Blonay Basket will face higher ranked Zurich Wildcats (#9) on the road in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Academie Fribourg will play against Nyon U23 (#6).
An exciting game between Top Four teams was played in Neuchatel. Leader Neuchatel faced 3rd placed Bern. Host Neuchatel (19-0) defeated guests from Bern (13-6) 93-84. Bern trailed by 12 points after 3 quarters before a 25-22 run in the last quarter cut the deficit to 84-93 at the end of the game. Neuchatel have an impressive series of seventeen victories in a row. They maintain first place with 19-0 record. Loser Bern keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Vevey and BC AKA. Neuchatel will meet Bernex (#7) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Bern will play against Vevey (#4) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The game with biggest result difference took place in Hirschthal. Local BC AKA (13-6) outscored 9th ranked Zurich Wildcats (6-12) 81-51 on Tuesday night. The game without a history. BC AKA led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. BC AKA moved-up to third place, which they share with Bern and Vevey. Loser Zurich Wildcats keep the ninth position with 12 games lost. BC AKA will face Pully (#11) on the road in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Zurich Wildcats will play against Blonay Basket and be promoted back to the LNA just one year after relegation.
Rickey Gibson gets MVP of the Week award for Swiss LNA - Feb 2, 2012 (by Eurobasket News )
American Rickey Gibson (191-G-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for SAV Vacallo and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 18.
The 27-year old guard had the game-high 29 points adding six rebounds and six assists for SAV Vacallo as his team lost overtime game against Fribourg (#2, 12-4) 77-83. SAV Vacallo maintains the 5th position in Swiss LNA. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season [read more]
American Rickey Gibson (191-G-84) had an amazing evening in the last round for SAV Vacallo and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 18. The 27-year old guard had the game-high 29 points adding six rebounds and six assists for SAV Vacallo as his team lost overtime game against Fribourg (#2, 12-4) 77-83. SAV Vacallo maintains the 5th position in Swiss LNA. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. SAV Vacallo will need to avoid more loses keep or improve their 9-7 record. In the team's last game Gibson had a remarkable 69.2% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at SAV Vacallo, through which he has constantly improved. Stillman College graduate has very impressive stats this year. Gibson is league's best passer with 6.9apg. Gibson is in league's top in and averages solid 2.6spg and 60.0% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 27-year old Montenegrin Danilo Mitrovic (208-C/F-84) of SAM Massagno. Mitrovic impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds. Of course he lead SAM Massagno to another comfortable win outscoring slightly higher-ranked BBC Nyon (2-14) 77-55. Despite this victory they still are dead at the bottom. 14 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories SAM Massagno managed to get this year. Mitrovic is one of the most experienced players at SAM Massagno and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.
The third best performed player last round was American Ronald Yates (201-F-83) of second-ranked Fribourg. Yates scored 25 points and grabbed five rebounds. He was a key player of Fribourg, leading his team to a 83-77overtime win against the lower-ranked SAV Vacallo (#5, 9-7). Fribourg needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 12 victories and 4 lost games. Yates has a great season in Switzerland. After 15 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.3ppg (2nd best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Ismael N'Diaye (197-F-82) of Boncourt - 18 points and 7 rebounds 5. George Odufuwa (203-F-88) of Monthey - 14 points and 11 rebounds 6. Sean Barnette (195-F-86) of Geneve Lions - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists 7. Mohammed Abukar (208-F-85) of Lugano Tigers - 20 points and 7 rebounds 8. Avery Jukes (203-F-88) of Geneve Lions - 13 points and 11 rebounds 9. Martin Mihajlovic (208-C-81) of Monthey - 17 points and 8 rebounds 10. Erroyl Bing (198-F/C-82) of Geneve Lions - 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Eurobasket Inc. Disclaimer
WARNING:
Do not copy, redistribute, publish or otherwise exploit information that you download from the site !
Do not encumber, license, modify, publish, sell, transfer or transmit, or in any way exploit, any of the
content of the site, nor will you attempt to do so.
