MURCIA (Interstat) — Peristeri will visit Murcia on Tuesday at Palacio de Deportes de Murcia in Murcia, Spain. Peristeri is 5-1 this season, while Murcia is 4-3. Peristeri has played six games this season, while Murcia has played seven. Murcia will be the home team, and Peristeri will be the visiting team.

Murcia enters after an 88-81 home win over Leyma Coruna in its most recent game. Michael Forrest scored 22 points in 22 minutes, Emanuel Cate had six points, 10 rebounds and five assists in 25 minutes, and Dylan Ennis added 24 points and four rebounds in 26 minutes. Murcia’s other recent results include a 93-116 loss at Valencia, an 86-67 win at Bamberg, a 77-90 home loss to Tenerife, an 85-58 home win over Varese, a 100-94 home win over Barcelona and a 77-84 loss at Basquet Girona.

Forrest, a player to watch for Murcia, scored 22 points in 22 minutes against Leyma Coruna, 18 points in 21 minutes at Valencia, 25 points in 20 minutes at Bamberg, eight points with two rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes against Tenerife and six points with six rebounds and five assists in 21 minutes against Varese in his recent games. Forrest also had two assists at Valencia and two rebounds and two assists at Bamberg.

Peristeri comes in after an 83-81 home win over Maroussi in its most recent game. S. Payne had 12 points, seven rebounds and one block in 29 minutes. Ty Nichols added 16 points, three rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes, and Will Carius scored 16 points with three rebounds in 22 minutes. Peristeri’s other results this season include a 75-95 loss at Panathinaikos, an 85-82 win at Varese, a 91-89 overtime home win over Iraklis, a 93-87 home win over Bamberg and a 94-88 win at Promitheas Patras.

Payne, a player to watch for Peristeri, had 12 points, seven rebounds and one block in 29 minutes against Maroussi, eight points and 12 rebounds in 22 minutes at Panathinaikos, 10 points, four rebounds and five blocks in 25 minutes at Varese, four points, four rebounds and six blocks in 19 minutes against Iraklis, 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks in 24 minutes against Bamberg and nine points, six rebounds and one assist in 20 minutes at Promitheas Patras. Payne had one assist and one block at Panathinaikos and one assist at Promitheas Patras.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Murcia 96, Peristeri 91. Murcia has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -11.5, and the over/under is 163.5.