Murcia at Bamberg
BAMBERG, Germany (Interstat) — Bamberg will host Murcia on Wednesday in a basketball matchup. Bamberg enters with a 2-4 record, while Murcia is 2-2. The game will be played in Bamberg, with Murcia as the visiting team and Bamberg as the home team. Murcia has played four games this season, and Bamberg has played six. Murcia’s most recent win was against Varese, and its most recent loss was against Tenerife. Bamberg’s most recent win was against Alba Berlin, and its most recent loss was against Mitteldeutscher.
Murcia opened its season with an 84-77 loss at Basquet Girona. It followed with a 100-94 home win over Barcelona and an 85-58 home win over Varese before a 90-77 home loss to Tenerife in its most recent game. Emanuel Cate finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and one block in 17 minutes against Tenerife. Jean Marc Pansa added 13 points, five rebounds and one assist, and Wilhelm Falk had seven points, six rebounds and one block. Cate, a player to watch for Murcia, also had eight points, nine rebounds and one assist in 25 minutes against Varese.
Bamberg opened with a 108-72 loss at Bayern. It then won 108-67 at Vechta, lost 103-96 at home to Ludwigsburg, won 98-83 at Alba Berlin, lost 93-87 at Peristeri and lost 85-74 at home to Mitteldeutscher in its most recent game. Yuval Hochstader is a player to watch for Bamberg. Against Peristeri, he scored 16 points with three rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes.
Murcia’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to Valencia, home games against Leyma Coruna, Peristeri, Força Lleida, Bamberg and Basket Zaragoza, and visits to Real Madrid, Bilbao, Baskonia and Peristeri. Bamberg’s upcoming slate includes visits to Oldenburg, Trier, Murcia, Ulm and Varese, plus home games against Varese, Jena, Bonn, Löwen Braunschweig and Phoenix Hagen. The teams also have a return meeting scheduled when Bamberg visits Murcia.
Murcia will then continue its schedule with a visit to Valencia. It will host Leyma Coruna. It will host Peristeri. It will host Força Lleida. It will visit Real Madrid. It will host Bamberg. It will visit Bilbao. It will host Basket Zaragoza. It will visit Baskonia. It will visit Peristeri.
Bamberg will continue its schedule with a visit to Oldenburg. It will host Varese. It will host Jena. It will visit Trier. It will visit Murcia. It will host Bonn. It will host Löwen Braunschweig. It will visit Ulm. It will visit Varese. It will host Phoenix Hagen.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Bamberg 79, Murcia 71.