Rigas Zelli at Aris

THESSALONIKI (Interstat) — Aris will host Rigas Zelli Wednesday at Alexandreio Melathron in Thessaloniki. Aris enters with an 11-1 record, while Rigas Zelli is 11-3. Rigas Zelli’s most recent result was a 92-66 home win over Tal Tech. Odinakachim Oguama had 10 points and 12 rebounds in 22 minutes in that game. Tony Perkins added 16 points and two assists, and Klavs Cavars had seven points and eight rebounds. Oguama is the player to watch for Rigas Zelli. He also had five points and seven rebounds in a loss to Le Mans and four points and nine rebounds at BC Kalev. Rigas Zelli has other recent wins over BC Kalev and Miraflores and a loss to Le Mans.

Nenad Dimitrijevic is the player to watch for Aris. In Aris’ most recent game, an 88-77 win at Doxa Lefkadas, Dimitrijevic had 25 points, four rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes. Jeremiah Robinson added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Ej Liddell had 14 points and seven rebounds. Dimitrijevic previously had 10 points, one rebound and two assists at Hapoel Jerusalem; 14 points, one rebound and five assists against Panathinaikos; 12 points, six rebounds and four assists against Cedevita Olimpija; 17 points, two rebounds and four assists at Rostock; and 14 points, three rebounds and four assists against Maroussi. Dimitrijevic played 19 minutes at Hapoel Jerusalem, 24 against Panathinaikos, 26 against Cedevita Olimpija, 20 at Rostock and 17 against Maroussi. Aris’ only loss this season came at Hapoel Jerusalem. Aris has recent wins over Panathinaikos 101-91, Cedevita Olimpija 78-73, Mykonos 88-72, Rostock 110-79, Maroussi 74-57, Tortona 88-68, AEK 88-58, Miraflores 93-80 and Karditsas 74-68.

Rigas Zelli’s recent results also include a 93-87 win at Kalev-Cramo, a 79-71 win at Miraflores, a 103-70 home win over Keila, a 100-64 loss at Hapoel Jerusalem, an 85-69 home win over Liepāja Triobet, an 89-79 home win over Cedevita Olimpija, a 94-74 win at BC Tartu, an 87-86 loss at Rostock and a 110-85 home win over Ogre. The game will be played at Alexandreio Melathron in Thessaloniki. Aris is scheduled to host Olympiacos, host Le Mans and visit PAOK in its next three games. Rigas Zelli is set to host Viimsi, visit Tortona and host Valmiera in its next three.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Aris 91, Rigas Zelli 89. Interstat’s ELO system projects Aris with an 86.2 percent probability to win. Aris has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -14.5, and the over/under is 164.