Switzerland

Regular Season Round 7: Geneve Lions - Lugano Tigers 76-73

Date: November 17, 2012
A very close game took place in Geneve between Geneve Lions and Lugano Tigers. Third ranked Geneve Lions (5-2) got a very close home victory over 4th placed Lugano Tigers (4-3). Geneve Lions managed to escape with a 3-point win 76-73 on Saturday evening. It was a key game for the second position in the league. The hosts trailed by 6 points after three quarters before their 21-12 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Geneve Lions made 17-of-22 free shots (77.3 percent) during the game. It was an exceptional evening for Croatian power forward Andrej Stimac (204-79) who led the winners and scored 13 points and 6 rebounds. American power forward Juwann James (198-87, college: JMU, agency: Pro Partner Sports Management) accounted for 14 points for the winning side. Geneve Lions' coach Ivan Rudez used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. The former international Dusan Mladjan (198-86, agency: Interperformances) came up with 27 points and 4 assists (made all of his eight free throws) and American forward Richie Gordon (203-89, college: W.Carolina) added 16 points and 7 rebounds respectively for Lugano Tigers in the defeat. Geneve Lions moved-up to second place, which they share with Monthey and SAV Vacallo. Defending champion Lugano Tigers dropped to the fifth position with three games lost. Geneve Lions will meet at home BBC Nyon (#8) in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Lugano Tigers will play against the league's leader Fribourg and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Geneve Lions: J.James 14+3reb+3ast, A.Stimac 13+6reb+2ast, K.Parker 10+3reb+6ast, O.Vogt 9+5reb+1ast, V.Buscaglia 8+3ast, T.Brown 7+2reb+3ast
Lugano Tigers: D.Mladjan 27+2reb+4ast, R.Gordon 16+7reb+2ast, K.Barber 11+8reb, D.Stockalper 9+8reb+2ast, B.Ewing 5+1reb+6ast, D.Fergerson 5+2ast
gschID: 190121

  GENEVE LIONS (coach: Patrick Pembele)76
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
45 OiQVRQ, KRlLaj 48 8-1 (44.4%) 6-1 (61.9%) 4-1 (05%) 5 4 4 1 3 3 8 5 5 8 65 9 5
0 mQITj, wIjF 46 8-3 (05%) 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 4 3 6 5 5 5 6 9 4 5
85 AUaBiZ, SjdQRn 89 1-2 (90%) 5-8 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 8 3 1 8 4 3 6 5 5 8 64 69 5
44 ziBRs, zuTijj 84 0-1 (24.4%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 8 6 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 6 63 85 5
84 musZiDlai, klidaBaQ 88 6-6 (655%) 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 2 2 5
86 kIDU, PlaLRQ 86 8-3 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-8 (655%) 8 4 0 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 7 63 5
65 AURajBijj, ylIQaij 86 6-4 (44.4%) 5-8 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 8 1 2 5 8 3 6 5 5 5 1 66 5
64 wIuQR, miMiZiQ 65 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 5 8 6 5 6 5 6 1 3 5
3 ziujaj, zRQRBF 7 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 0 5
2 biQuIUUI, baViRl 3 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 8 5 5 5 5 6 5 -3 5
88 KhiZhViQih, SMdIul  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   88-41 (16.6%) 0-86 (84.2%) 69-88 (99.4%) 2 67 89 67 86 85 9 6 5 7 91 20  


  LUGANO TIGERS (coach: Walter Montini)73
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
3 AUIZVilpRQ, gRQRV 42 8-0 (35%) 6-4 (44.4%) 8-8 (655%) 3 3 2 8 8 3 8 5 5 8 7 61 5
66 blidnij, gusij 40 0-2 (18.0%) 4-9 (38.7%) 2-2 (655%) 5 8 8 3 6 9 4 5 5 6 89 43 5
0 qTajD, mQijdIj 44 5-4 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 5 6 6 1 4 8 6 5 5 6 0 0 5
7 GIQdIj, eaZhaR 48 9-66 (14.1%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 8 0 9 8 3 8 6 5 5 8 61 62 5
64 miQMRQ, KIQLIUjRF 87 0-9 (96.3%) 5-5 (5%) 6-1 (61.9%) 8 1 2 5 3 0 5 5 5 3 66 7 5
  yRQDRQsIj, giLad 60 6-8 (05%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 0 6 5
2 bIlURja, WRsUhRQ 7 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 5
  miLZRLaZ, biQaj 7 5-8 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 8 6 6 5 5 6 5 -3 5
9 biDjija, biQZI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 vI vRDDaI, GusUiLI  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   85-47 (06.4%) 1-69 (40.4%) 60-88 (12.8%) 7 67 82 61 85 86 2 5 5 68 94 99  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)