GUADALAJARA (Interstat) — Zacatecas will visit Jal. Astros Monday at Unidad Deportiva Avila Camacho in Guadalajara, Mexico. Zacatecas enters with a 17-14 record, while Jal. Astros is 70-38. Jal. Astros will be the home team, and Zacatecas will be the visitor.

Jal. Astros has won the past three meetings between the teams, including a 100-78 decision in the most recent matchup. J. Cruz Saldivar F. scored 25 points and added four rebounds and two assists for Jal. Astros in that game. Rigoberto Mendoza scored 22 points with eight rebounds and six assists, and Avery Anderson added 14 points, three rebounds and one assist. For Zacatecas, Angelo Cisneros had 19 points, four rebounds and two assists. Romeao Ferguson added 15 points and six assists, and Tavario Miller had 11 points and four rebounds.

Saldivar remains a player to watch for Jal. Astros. In his recent appearances, he had 14 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists against Gambusinos and nine points with six assists against Fuerza Regia. He also had three points and four rebounds against Fuerza Regia and three points with two rebounds and three assists against Gambusinos. His 25-point effort against Zacatecas was his top scoring output in the listed recent games.

Cisneros is the player to watch for Zacatecas. He scored 28 points with six rebounds, one assist and four blocks against Diablos Rojos and had 20 points and nine rebounds in another game against Diablos Rojos. He also had 14 points and eight rebounds at Lobos Plateados, 12 points and five rebounds in the rematch, and 11 points in a win over Diablos Rojos. Cisneros had 11 points and seven rebounds against Santos and 13 points and six rebounds against Abejas, plus 14 points and two rebounds in a win over Abejas.

Zacatecas’s most recent result was the 100-78 loss at Jal. Astros. Before that, Zacatecas beat Diablos Rojos 98-78. Jal. Astros’s most recent result was the same 100-78 win over Zacatecas. The Astros also recently beat Dorados 87-80 and lost to Dorados 79-77. Zacatecas also has recent wins over Gambusinos 87-85 and at Fuerza Regia 101-100, along with losses to Gambusinos 96-89 and at Fuerza Regia 87-84. Jal. Astros has recent wins at Aguascalientes 98-83 and at Gambusinos 88-80, plus losses at Aguascalientes 95-83 and at Gambusinos 86-71. Both teams are scheduled to meet again at Zacatecas later in the schedule.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Jal. Astros 83, Zacatecas 74. Interstat’s ELO system gives Jal. Astros a 70.2% probability to win. Jal. Astros is favored by 7.5 points, and the over/under is 168.5.