Published16. March 2024, 8:13 p.m.
Basketball: Vevey offers itself the shock against the Lions
The Veveys have a sixth victory in a row in the SB League, in Geneva (71-81). The Lions will finish the regular season in 4th place.
parPierre Maillard
If they want to win a title this season, the Lions will have to go through Saint-Léonard. As the Swiss Cup final looms, on April 6 against Fribourg, the Genevans (15 wins – 10 losses) could also find the leader Olympic (24-1) in the semi-finals of the SB League play-offs. .
A new defeat on Saturday at Le Pommier against Vevey (71-81), the third in a row in the championship, confirmed the 4th place of Dragan Andrejevic’s team. Announced absent, according to a club press release on Thursday, captain Noé Anabir (thigh) and American top scorer Markel Humphrey – back from suspension – were present on the floor. But the two men weighed little.
In the fight for second place with Spinelli Massagno (17-7), who will challenge Lugano on Sunday, Vevey Riviera Basket (18-7) scored a sixth success in a row, in the wake of an excellent Ikenna Ndugba (24 points ).
In Saturday’s other matches, Friborg logically dynamited BBC Nyon (105-66). Ninth, the Vaudois club (9-17) is tied on points (18) with Lugano (8th). Winner of the Starwings in Basel (70-95), Pully Lausanne (7th, 10-15) should see the play-offs. Finally, Monthey won in Neuchâtel (74-84).
2024-03-16 20:46:37
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