LAHTI, Finland (Interstat) — Salon Vilpas will visit Lahti on Friday at Lahti Energia Areena in Lahti, Finland, for a matchup between a visiting side carrying a 7-5 record and a home team at 3-4. Salon Vilpas enters after a road loss to Helsinki Seagulls, while Lahti looks to rebound from a home defeat to Kipina. The game is set for Lahti Energia Areena, where Lahti will try to use home court against Salon Vilpas.

Salon Vilpas’s most recent outing ended in an 86-79 loss at Helsinki Seagulls. Leland Walker led the way with 24 points and eight assists, Mikael Aalto added 17 points and six rebounds, and Jarred Godfrey scored 13. Walker played 26 minutes and added two rebounds. Walker is the player to watch for Salon Vilpas. In his recent stretch, he scored at least 21 points in eight consecutive games, including 28-point efforts against UU-Korihait and AEK Athens and a 27-point game at Tampereen. He also had 24 points and six rebounds in a win against Helsinki Seagulls and 25 points and five rebounds against KTP Kotka Basket.

Lahti’s most recent result was a 90-78 home loss to Kipina. Vili Nyman had 14 points and eight rebounds in that game, D Maurian Williams scored 20 points, and Aaron Wesley Carver pulled down 15 rebounds. Nyman played 31 minutes and added two assists and one block. Williams added four rebounds and three assists, and Carver added four assists. Nyman is the player to watch for Lahti. He had nine points and seven rebounds at Karhu Basket, eight points and 11 rebounds against Kataja Basket, and seven points and four rebounds at Tapiolan Honka during his recent run.

Salon Vilpas’s recent slate also includes a 79-64 home win over Helsinki Seagulls, an 81-70 road win at Bisons Loimaa, a 95-73 home win over Korihait and a 97-79 road win at Tampereen. Lahti’s recent results include a 108-102 overtime home win over Karhu Basket, a 91-83 home win over Kouvot and a 91-85 home win over Kataja Basket. Lahti also dropped recent games to Kipina, Karhu Basket, Tapiolan Honka and Helsinki.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Lahti 95, Salon Vilpas 94. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Salon Vilpas with an 84.8 percent probability to win. Salon Vilpas has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -7. The over/under for the game is 174.