May 25, 2012
Swiss League, Regular Season, Game 22: March 19, 2008
The Geneva Devils won their final game of the Swiss League regular season on Wednesday to clinch the eighth and final spot in the playoffs. The Devils beat Lausanne Basket 81-90 on the road to improve to 10-12, one win more than Sdent BBC Nyon, which topped Meyrin Grand-Saconnex 67-77, but finished out of the playoffs in ninth place. The Geneva- Lausanne matchup featured the two highest-scoring players of the week, as Rashard Lee of Geneva and Harvey Van Stein of Lausanne netted 32 points apiece. Geneva will face defending champion Benetton Fribourg Olympic in the best-of-five quarterfinals. Fribourg slumped to an 83-55 defeat at the hands of SAV Vacallo Basket in its finale. Nikola Dacevic paced Vacallo wil 27 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Sloan scored 13 for Fribourg. The other quarterfinal matchups feature Vacallo against BBC Monthey, Lugano Tigers against Sion Herens, and Birstal Starwings against BC Boncourt. Interestingly, Sion defeated Lugano 86-80 Wednesday in a preview of their series.


LAST GAME GAME 22
March 19, 2008
DayMatchResult
Mar. 19Birstal vs. BC Boncourt61-71
Mar. 19Lausanne vs. Geneva Devils81-90
Mar. 19Sion Hérens vs. Lugano T.86-80
Mar. 19Vevey Riviera vs. Monthey70-93
Mar. 19Meyrin vs. BBC Nyon67-77
Mar. 19Vacallo vs. Benetton Frib.83-55
NEXT GAME Quaterfinal Playoffs
Game 1, April 2, 2008
DayMatch
-Fribourg (1) vs. Geneva (8)
-Lugano (2) vs. Sion (7)
-Birstal (3) vs. Boncourt (6)
-Monthey (4) vs. Vacallo (5)
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STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Benetton Fribourg Olympic2218418471556
2Lugano Tigers2217518541688
3Birstal Starwings2215717851682
4BBC Monthey2214816351550
5SAV Vacallo Basket22111116411584
6Basket-Club Boncourt22111117271723
7Sion Hérens Basket22111116051653
8Geneva Devils22101217011743
9Sdent BBC Nyon2291316371650
10Lausanne Basket2271517651911
11Meyrin Grand-Saconnex2251715931782
12Vevey Riviera Basket2241815391807
Monday, March 24, 2008
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