Budapesti Honved at DEAC

DEBRECEN, Hungary (Interstat) — Budapesti Honved will visit DEAC on Wednesday at Olah Gabor utcai sportcsarnok in Debrecen, Hungary, with Honved carrying a 5-3 record and DEAC at 2-6. The matchup pairs a Honved side coming off a win with a DEAC team that dropped its most recent game. Honved’s most recent previous result was a 90-78 home win over Egis Körmend. Ralph Bissainthe had 21 points and three rebounds in that game, Kristof Simon added 11 points, six rebounds and eight assists, and Jarvis Moss scored 24 points. Bissainthe is the player to watch for Budapesti Honved. In his recent performances, he scored 22 points at NKA Pecs, 6 points against Oroszlanyi, 11 points at Szolnoki Olaj and 16 points at Atomeromu Paks. DEAC’s most recent previous result was an 82-56 home loss to Falco Szombathely. Robert Ford Iii had 17 points and three rebounds in that game, Daniel Kucsera added seven points and four rebounds, and Benedek Kovacs scored 10 points. Ford is the player to watch for DEAC. He scored 27 points with 11 rebounds at Egis Körmend, 18 points with nine rebounds against NKA Pecs, 15 points with 13 rebounds at OSE Lions and 22 points with seven rebounds against Szolnoki Olaj in recent games. DEAC will host the game at Olah Gabor utcai sportcsarnok, where it will look to improve its home mark against a Honved team that has won five of its first eight games. Honved’s recent results include a 120-110 win at NKA Pecs, a 100-98 home loss to Oroszlanyi, an 80-99 loss at Szolnoki Olaj, an 81-112 loss at Atomeromu Paks, a 95-88 home win over Alba Fehervar, a 93-88 win at Sopron and an 83-65 home win over Kecskemeti. DEAC’s recent results include a 78-81 loss at Egis Körmend, a 78-43 home win over NKA Pecs, an 84-91 loss at Oroszlanyi, an 81-72 home win over Szolnoki Olaj, an 80-109 loss at Atomeromu Paks, an 82-98 loss at Alba Fehervar and an 82-100 loss at Sopron. Budapesti Honved is scheduled to host Falco Szombathely next, while DEAC is scheduled to visit Kaposvari. Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Budapesti Honved 93, DEAC 89. Interstat’s ELO system projects DEAC with a 50.9 percent probability to win. DEAC has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5, and the over/under for the game is 169.