Irish warm up with victory over Swiss

THE Irish men came away with victory from a tight match - 79-68 - against Switzerland at the ESB Basketball Arena, and travel to Bratislava full of confidence for their forthcoming match against Slovakia on Saturday.

Although leading by four points at the end of the second quarter, the Irish struggled to contain a Swiss team who shot five three-pointers in the first-half, Buscaglia in particular proving a handful.

The third quarter was another close affair, with the teams trading points, although Ireland managed to squeeze further ahead thanks to some excellent play by Marty Conlon in the final minute.

Ireland were dominant and had it not been for the three-point scoring by Buscaglia for the Swiss, the Irish would have been out of sight, but ended with a score of 79-68.