Estudiantes at Cantabria Estela

TORRELAVEGA, Spain (Interstat) — Estudiantes will put its 6-0 record on the line against Cantabria Estela at Pabellon Vicente Trueba in Torrelavega, Spain. The game is set for Saturday, with Estudiantes as the visiting team and Cantabria Estela as the home side. Estudiantes enters 6-0, while Cantabria Estela is 4-2.

Estudiantes is coming off a 102-80 home win against Gran Canaria. Ivan Alcolado had 12 points, five rebounds and two blocks in that game, while Leo Westermann added 14 points, two rebounds and six assists. Fernando Zurbriggen contributed eight points, four rebounds and five assists. Zurbriggen is the player to watch for Estudiantes. In his previous game, he had five points, three rebounds and eight assists.

Estudiantes also has wins this season against Fibwi Palma, Palencia, San Sebastián, Zamora and Caja 87. The team beat Fibwi Palma 94-78, Palencia 86-77, San Sebastián 106-76, Zamora 80-73 and Caja 87 by a 78-65 score. After this game, Estudiantes is scheduled to visit Granada and then host Ourense. It later hosts Albacete, visits Palmer Basket and Tizona, hosts Fuenlabrada and visits Menorca. Estudiantes also has upcoming games against Tizona, Fuenlabrada, Menorca, Alicante, Oviedo and Coto Cordoba CB.

Cantabria Estela is coming off an 85-73 home loss to Palencia. Lotanna Nwogbo had 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in that game, while Alec Wintering added 12 points, four rebounds and five assists. Samuel Rodriguez contributed four points, six rebounds and one assist. Nwogbo is the player to watch for Cantabria Estela. He had 17 points, seven rebounds and one assist in the previous game and five points, three rebounds and two assists in the game before that. Cantabria Estela has wins this season against Fuenlabrada, Ourense, Fibwi Palma and Menorca. The team also has losses to Palencia and Albacete. Cantabria Estela lost at Albacete 82-81, beat Fuenlabrada 84-79, won at Ourense 101-86, won at Fibwi Palma 88-76 and beat Menorca 69-68. Cantabria Estela is scheduled to visit San Sebastián and then host Granada after this game. It later visits Tizona, hosts Zamora, visits Gran Canaria and hosts Oviedo. Cantabria Estela also has upcoming games against Tizona, Zamora, Gran Canaria, Oviedo, Palmer Basket, Caja 87, Coto Cordoba CB and Alicante.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Estudiantes 91, Cantabria Estela 85. Interstat’s ELO system gives Estudiantes a 77.7 percent probability to win. Estudiantes is installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -5.5, and the over/under is 165.5.

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