Olympic Fribourg and Lugano Tigers each took a big step towards advancing to the Swiss League semifinals by winning the first two games of their best-of-five quarterfinals series against Lausanne Morges and Sion Herens, respectively. BBC Monthey and Boncourt are tied at 1-1, while Geneva Devils leads Birstal Starwings 1-0. They will play Game 2 on April 15. Olympic won the first game at home 88-70 behind 24 points from Oliver Vogt and took the second on Saturday with a 60-74 success after leading 24-32 at halftime. David Polk led the way by scoring 23 points and Harold Mrazek added 17. Lugano Tigers took their second win of their series at Sion, 71-80, through an 8-24 third-quarter run. Jean-Baptiste Bah scored 17 points and Edwin Draughan had 16. The Tigers won the first game at home 86-73 success as Edwin Draughan erupted for 31 points. BBC Monthey tied the series with Boncourt by playing an amazing defensive game, holding their opponents to just 20 second-half points on the way to a 70-56 win. Deon Thomas was their main contributor with 19 points. In the first game of the series, Kelyon Block scored 37 to lead Boncourt to an 82-72 victory. Geneva Devils scored a thrilling 73-77 win over Birstal Starwings after an extra session to conquer the home-court advantage. Michale Doles was their scoring leader with 19 points and Robert Johnson chipped in 18.