NITRA, Slovakia (Interstat) — Szczecin (9-2) will visit Nitra Blue Wings (5-7) on Wednesday in a basketball matchup. Szczecin enters with a 9-2 record, while Nitra Blue Wings is 5-7. The game will be played in Nitra, with Szczecin as the visiting team and Nitra Blue Wings as the home team.

Tomasz Gielo is the player to watch for Szczecin. In Szczecin’s most recent game, a 105-95 home win against Słupsk, Gielo scored 25 points in 29 minutes and added two assists. Alexandre Chassang added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz had 13 points, three rebounds and six assists. Gielo has been productive throughout the recent stretch. He had 18 points, four rebounds and two assists at Parnu, 22 points and six rebounds against Nancy, and 14 points and five rebounds at Trefl Sopot. He also had 17 points and five rebounds at Keravnos. Szczecin has won nine of its first 11 games and has recent wins against Parnu, Gornik Walbrzych, Nancy, TBV Start Lublin, Keravnos Strovolou and Trefl Sopot. Its two losses this season came against Vienna and Slask Wroclaw.

Judah Brown is the player to watch for Nitra Blue Wings. Brown had 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists in Nitra Blue Wings’ most recent game, an 84-83 home win against Spisski Rytieri. Lukas Bolek scored 15 points and added four assists in that game, while Michael Fusek had 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks. Brown also had eight points and three rebounds against Vienna Basket. Nitra Blue Wings snapped a two-game skid with the one-point result against Spisski Rytieri. The team’s recent schedule has included games against Vienna Basket, BC Wolves, Parnu, Levicki Patrioti, Nancy, Prievidza, Keravnos Strovolou, Iskra Svit, Szczecin and Lucenec.

Szczecin won the teams’ most recent meeting, 88-81, earlier this season. The matchup is the second between the teams this season. Nitra Blue Wings will look to reverse that result at home, while Szczecin will try to maintain its strong start with Gielo leading the way. Nitra Blue Wings will counter with Brown and a recent home win to build on. Both teams have had active schedules, and the matchup will bring together a Szczecin team with a 9-2 mark and a Nitra Blue Wings team at 5-7.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Szczecin 92, Nitra Blue Wings 87. Interstat’s ELO system projects Nitra Blue Wings with a 56.6 percent probability to win. Szczecin has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -7.5.