London at Šiauliai
ŠIAULIAI, Lithuania (Interstat) — The London Lions will put their unbeaten record on the line Wednesday when they visit Šiauliai in Eurocup play at Siauliai Arena in Šiauliai, Lithuania.
London enters 4-0. The Lions are coming off a 78-49 home win over Liverpool, their fourth straight victory. They also have wins over Cheshire Phoenix, Newcastle Eagles and Bristol Academy. London beat Cheshire Phoenix 91-81, Newcastle Eagles 84-76 and Bristol Academy 80-78. In the Liverpool win, Thomas Kennedy scored 15 points with five rebounds and one assist, Keenan Evans added 11 points, four rebounds and four assists, and Joel Scott had six points, five rebounds and four assists.
Keenan Evans is London’s player to watch. In his recent games, he scored 11 points with four rebounds and four assists against Liverpool, 13 points and four assists against Cheshire Phoenix, and 13 points with three rebounds and three assists against Newcastle Eagles. Evans has scored in double figures in two of those three games and has handed out at least three assists in each. London has also received recent production from Thomas Kennedy and Joel Scott.
Šiauliai enters 1-2. The home side most recently dropped a 101-82 decision at Zalgiris. Cedric Henderson scored 15 points with four rebounds and two assists in that game. Efton Reid grabbed eight rebounds, and Dayvion McKnight had eight points and six assists. Šiauliai previously won an 86-77 home game, with Henderson posting 10 points and eight rebounds, and lost at Gargzdu Gargzdai 90-79, when Henderson had 12 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Cedric Henderson is Šiauliai’s player to watch. He has scored in double figures in each of those recent games and also contributed on the boards. Henderson had 15 points and four rebounds in the most recent outing, 10 points and eight rebounds in the win, and 12 points and three rebounds in the loss. Henderson has reached double figures in scoring in each of those games and has grabbed at least three rebounds in each.
The matchup is part of the Eurocup schedule. London will continue its busy stretch after this game, with upcoming contests against Leicester, Tenerife, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Cheshire, Cluj-Napoca, Bristol Academy, Turk Telekom, Sheffield and Maxima Roma. Šiauliai’s next games include Jonava Jonavos, Frankfurt, Juventus, Cluj-Napoca, Lietuvos rytas, Turk Telekom, Neptūnas, Maxima Roma, Taurages and Venezia.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Šiauliai 77, London 72. That projection favors the home side at Siauliai Arena and places London as the underdog despite its 4-0 record.