Szczecin at Trefl Sopot
GDAŃSK (Interstat) — Szczecin will visit Trefl Sopot on Saturday at Ergo Arena in Gdańsk, Poland, with the visitors seeking to build on a 2-2 start and the hosts aiming for their first victory of the season.
Szczecin enters the matchup at 2-2. The visitors are coming off a 93-96 loss at Vienna Basket in their most recent game. Ondrej Sehnal led Szczecin in that contest with 16 points, one rebound and six assists in 30 minutes. Noah Reynolds added 16 points and five assists in 20 minutes, while Mikolaj Witlinski contributed 11 points, six rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes. Sehnal remains a player to watch for Szczecin. In recent performances, he scored 16 points with one rebound and six assists at Vienna Basket, produced 12 points with two rebounds and five assists against Nitra Blue Wings, and finished with eight rebounds and 10 assists in 27 minutes at Torun. Szczecin also has a home loss to Slask Wroclaw 69-82, a home win over Nitra Blue Wings 88-81 and a road win at Pierniki Toruń 104-85 this season. The loss to Slask Wroclaw came by 13 points, the win over Nitra Blue Wings came by seven points, and the win at Pierniki Toruń came by 19 points.
Trefl Sopot is 0-2. The hosts are coming off an 82-96 loss at Asseco Gdynia in their most recent game. Jakub Schenk paced Trefl Sopot with 23 points, five rebounds and seven assists in 30 minutes. Stefan Simanic added 15 points, six rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes, while Trey Anderson posted 14 points and seven rebounds in 34 minutes. Schenk is the player to watch for Trefl Sopot. In recent games, he had 23 points, five rebounds and seven assists at Gdynia and 20 points, one rebound and six assists in 23 minutes against Dziki Warszawa. Trefl Sopot’s other result this season was a home loss to Dziki 63-102. The loss to Dziki came by 39 points.
The game will be played at Ergo Arena in Gdańsk. Szczecin’s upcoming schedule includes games against Keravnos Strovolou, TBV Start Lublin, Nancy, Gornik Walbrzych, Parnu, Słupsk, Nitra Blue Wings, Legia Warszawa, Vienna and Anwil. Trefl Sopot’s upcoming slate includes Dabrowa Gornicza, Astoria Bydgoszcz, GTK Gliwice, Pierniki Toruń, Slask Wroclaw, Stelmet Zielona Gora, TBV Start Lublin, Gornik Walbrzych, Słupsk and Legia Warszawa.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Szczecin 106, Trefl Sopot 99. Szczecin has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The over/under for this game is 169.5.