We traveled to Switzerland on Tuesday for our first away game of the preseason. It was just accross the border and was only a 1.5 hour drive by bus. The scenery on the way was amazing. We drove through the mountains passing Lake Como. The picture to the left is a view of the lake and its city. We then came up to Lugano which had a very similar look to it. It was a city on the mountainside right next to a lake. It was a pretty neat place to visit.
I have never seen anything quite like it. The pictures to the bottom right are views of the city where we played. The game itself was a lot of fun. We got off to a very slow start, falling behind 27-17 towards the end of the first quarter. We then played a lot tougher on defense and ended up tying the game just before the half was over. The second half was a continuation of the 2nd quarter as we played tough defense which lead to some good offense as well. We were down 4 with about a minute to go when one of my teammates was forced to shoot an off-balanced shot which missed and was heading out of bounds. I jumped after it 
saving the ball back to a teammate who drained a 3 as the shot clock wound down. We were now down by one. I guess I should mention that while saving the ball I turned my ankle and had to come out of the game. I walked it off and was back in with about 40 seconds to go. We got a stop on D. We came down on offense and our guard drove the lane dishing it to our big man who made the lay-up to go up by one with 15 seconds to go. We got a stop on the other end to finish the game and win by one point, 85-84. Personally I had a pretty good game. The first half I was frustrated as I missed a few open shots, but the second half I redeemed myself by making several moves to the hole to score later in the 4th quarter. We have two more away games this week on Thursday and Friday.
I have never seen anything quite like it. The pictures to the bottom right are views of the city where we played. The game itself was a lot of fun. We got off to a very slow start, falling behind 27-17 towards the end of the first quarter. We then played a lot tougher on defense and ended up tying the game just before the half was over. The second half was a continuation of the 2nd quarter as we played tough defense which lead to some good offense as well. We were down 4 with about a minute to go when one of my teammates was forced to shoot an off-balanced shot which missed and was heading out of bounds. I jumped after it 
saving the ball back to a teammate who drained a 3 as the shot clock wound down. We were now down by one. I guess I should mention that while saving the ball I turned my ankle and had to come out of the game. I walked it off and was back in with about 40 seconds to go. We got a stop on D. We came down on offense and our guard drove the lane dishing it to our big man who made the lay-up to go up by one with 15 seconds to go. We got a stop on the other end to finish the game and win by one point, 85-84. Personally I had a pretty good game. The first half I was frustrated as I missed a few open shots, but the second half I redeemed myself by making several moves to the hole to score later in the 4th quarter. We have two more away games this week on Thursday and Friday.
Beautiful pictures Brett. This is something you can remember your life. Enjoy, we will miss you at the BSA this year. Have a good year over there.
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