Luxembourg – Switzerland 65-71
Luxembourg struggles in a terrible last quarter
Luxembourg lost its first game of the Eurobasket phase 2011 against Switzerland (65:71). The team of Coach Hermann Paar wanted a second win in the Group B of the Division B, after booking a victory over Albania in 2010. Nadia Mossong and her teammates dominated the game for 30′ but then Switzerland, that has the goal to finish the round at the first place, won its fith of five games and confirmed its position as favourite of the group. Luxembourg got the first advantage as Mossong hit a threepointer (3:0). The Swiss stroke back and could react when the scoreboard showed 4:3 for the guests. Then Luxembourg showed a great team performance and got a well deserved 18:14 win of the first quarter. The local team was even able to increase the gap until halftime (33:26) and so the supporters were optimistic to see a little surprize. Luxembourg was on fire and showed its skills in the third quarter, too (56:42). But a 14-point-advantage was even not enough to win this game. Jill Bausch and Co. struggled in the last quarter and lost this one by 9:29! Switzerland was smarter in the final minutes and therefore booked a further win. Luxembourg was led by Nadia Mossong (18 points and 6 rebounds) and Jill Bausch (16 points). Caroline Turin added 22 points for Switzerland, while Marielle Giroud came to 18 points and rebounds each.
