Fribourg Olympic starts year off with a bang!! - Jan 5, 2009 (by Alexander Davis)
Fribourg Olympic showed Saturday night why defense wins championships! After being down 7-0 in the first 2 minutes if the game, Fribourg put the clamps on the Geneva Devils. Geneva could only muster 28 points at the half as they trailed, 46-28. Led defensively by 2 of the best defenders in Europe, Marcus "The Warrior" Sloan (205-F-82, agency: Octagon, college: TCU), and Tresore Quidome (192-G-80, agency: Interperformances), Fribourg again only allowed 11 points follwing the half. [read more]
Fribourg Olympic showed Saturday night why defense wins championships! After being down 7-0 in the first 2 minutes if the game, Fribourg put the clamps on the Geneva Devils. Geneva could only muster 28 points at the half as they trailed, 46-28. Led defensively by 2 of the best defenders in Europe, Marcus 'The Warrior' Sloan (205-F-82, agency: Octagon, college: TCU), and Tresore Quidome (192-G-80, agency: Interperformances), Fribourg again only allowed 11 points follwing the half. Olympic won the game 90-68, and was led in scoring by Quidome, and Oliver Vogt with 14 points a piece. DJ Harrison had 13, and 'The Warrior'finished with a double-double with 10 points and a game high 15 rebounds, 8 of the offensive end!!! The lone bright spot for Geneva was Mike Jefferson (178-G-84, agency: AMI, college: High Point), who had a game high 19 points.
Rhone-Herens Basket out of LNA ! - Dec 30, 2008 (by Kristian Santiago)
The LNA suffers a major setback as Rhone Herens Basket decided to pull out of the current championship and cancelled the game against SAM Basket Massagno (Scheduled for the 21st of December).
In consequence, Rhone-Herens will be relegated after the season to the Cantonal leagues while the results of all played games remain the same as before. [read more]
The LNA suffers a major setback as Rhone Herens Basket decided to pull out of the current championship and cancelled the game against SAM Basket Massagno (Scheduled for the 21st of December).
In consequence, Rhone-Herens will be relegated after the season to the Cantonal leagues while the results of all played games remain the same as before. The management citied the lack of (financial) support and interest in the region for it sudden withdrawal, and is going to focus on it's farm-team Martigny Rhone Basket in the LNB instead.
Recent movements in Switzerland - Dec 30, 2008 (by Kristian Santiago)
Lets take a look on the Swiss market:
Allan Fall (182-G-81) signed temporarily with Sdent BBC Nyon to replace injured Jean-Baptiste Bah (186-G-84).
Academie Fribourg Olympic added Virgile Pittet (188-F-1993) to its roster.
Laurent Lahey (204-F-89) signed with the Poly-Rapid Zurich Wildcats.
Serbian coach Darko Ristic is new in BBC Monthey.To replace Ristic, Martigny-Rhone Basket got Laurent Plassard off their women's team to coach the men instead. [read more]
