Nyon at BBC Lausanne
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Interstat) — Nyon will visit BBC Lausanne on Sunday at Vallee de la Jeunesse in Lausanne, Switzerland, with both teams looking to build on recent form in the early portion of the season.
Nyon enters at 4-1 and has won four straight games. The visitors are coming off a 118-62 home victory over Monthey in which Elijah Elliott had 28 points, two rebounds and nine assists. Amadou Wade added 20 points, eight rebounds and two assists, and Matteo Smith contributed 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Elliott, Nyon’s player to watch, scored 38 points with two rebounds and eight assists in a win over SAM Basket Massagno, 24 points with seven rebounds and four assists at Lugano Tigers, and 39 points with six rebounds and eight assists against Regio Basel. Nyon opened the season with a loss at Geneva Lions before beating Regio Basel 95-83, Lugano Tigers 77-70, SAM Basket Massagno 94-73 and Monthey 118-62.
BBC Lausanne is 3-2 and will play at home after an 85-69 road win at Regio Basel. Dequan Morris, BBC Lausanne’s player to watch, had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists in that game. Liam Rietschin added 12 points, five rebounds and one assist, while Kendrick Tchoua finished with eight points, 15 rebounds and two assists. Morris also had 10 points, two rebounds and three assists against Geneva Lions, three points, five rebounds and two assists against Monthey, and 10 points and four rebounds at SAM Basket Massagno. BBC Lausanne beat Zurich 90-55, lost at SAM Basket Massagno 84-90, beat Monthey 94-80, lost to Geneva Lions 65-94 and won at Regio Basel 85-69.
The matchup features two teams separated by one game in the standings. Nyon has scored at least 94 points in three of its four wins, while BBC Lausanne has won two of its three home games. Vallee de la Jeunesse will host the matchup. Nyon is next scheduled to host Fribourg Olympic, while BBC Lausanne is set to visit Lugano. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season at Nyon. BBC Lausanne’s two losses came at SAM Basket Massagno and at home to Geneva Lions.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Nyon 91, BBC Lausanne 90. Interstat’s ELO system gives BBC Lausanne a 70.1 percent probability to win. Nyon is a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under is 162.5.