ZAPORIZHZHIA (Interstat) — BK Zaporozhye will host Cherkaski Mavpy in a basketball game set for Sunday. Cherkaski Mavpy will be the visiting team, and BK Zaporozhye will be the home team. The game is part of the regular season. BK Zaporozhye enters with a 5-3 season record. Cherkaski Mavpy enters with a 1-5 season record. BK Zaporozhye has played eight games this season; Cherkaski Mavpy has played six.

Cherkaski Mavpy is coming off a 98-60 loss at BC Dnipro. Jordon Talley had nine points, four rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes in that game. Ilja Upyr had 13 points, one rebound and three assists in 27 minutes. Yevgen Koroviyakov had 10 points, three rebounds and one assist in 19 minutes. Koroviyakov is a player to watch for Cherkaski Mavpy. In recent games this season, he had 10 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes against Volyn Lutsk, five points, three rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes against Rivne, nine points, three rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes at Kharkivski Sokoly, and 20 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three blocks in 31 minutes at Kyiv Basket. Cherkaski Mavpy also lost 75-66 at home to Volyn Lutsk, lost 76-64 at home to Rivne-Oshvsm, lost 105-57 at Kharkivski Sokoly, lost 93-61 at Kyiv and won 89-71 at Mykolaiv.

BK Zaporozhye is coming off an 89-73 home loss to Mykolaiv. Julian Powell had 18 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and one block in 32 minutes in that game. Vladislav Nikolaichuk had 20 points, six rebounds, two assists and one block in 32 minutes. Jonathan Ileleji had 11 points, four rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes. Powell is a player to watch for BK Zaporozhye. In recent games this season, he had two points, six rebounds and three blocks in 32 minutes at BC Dnipro, 12 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks in 30 minutes at Volyn Lutsk, and 17 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and one block in 36 minutes at Rivne. BK Zaporozhye also lost 92-88 at BC Dnipro, won 76-57 at Volyn Lutsk, won 86-81 at Rivne-Oshvsm, won 85-81 at home over Kharkivski Sokoly, won 92-62 at home over Kyiv, lost 75-72 at Khmelnitsky and won 95-70 at Goverla. Cherkaski Mavpy is scheduled to host Mykolaiv in its next game.

The Interstat game simulator projects a final score of BK Zaporozhye 91, Cherkaski Mavpy 76. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting BK Zaporozhye with an 88.1 percent probability to win. The projection applies to the scheduled game, and both systems favor BK Zaporozhye.