Independiente at Boca
BUENOS AIRES (Interstat) — Boca will put its unbeaten record on the line Friday when it hosts Independiente in a women’s professional basketball game.
Boca enters 5-0 and has been one of the early leaders in the women’s professional basketball season. Independiente is 3-1 and will be the visiting team in the matchup. The game gives Independiente a chance to hand Boca its first loss while improving its own road mark.
Independiente will look to bounce back from its most recent result, a 57-43 loss at Velez Sarsfield. Before that defeat, Independiente earned wins over Union Bahia 70-48, Quilmes 60-59 and El Bigua 68-63. The Quilmes result was decided by one point, and the Union Bahia and El Bigua victories came at home. Independiente will try to tighten its play on the road against an unbeaten Boca side.
Boca has won each of its five games, most recently a 69-59 home victory over El Bigua. Boca also has road wins at Atletico Penarol 76-47, at Quilmes 74-65 and at Union Bahia 67-38. Boca’s other victory came at home against Velez Sarsfield 95-72. Both teams have faced El Bigua, Quilmes, Union Bahia and Velez Sarsfield this season. Boca has beaten all four, while Independiente has beaten El Bigua, Quilmes and Union Bahia and lost to Velez Sarsfield.
Independiente’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Atletico Penarol, a road game at El Bigua and a home matchup with Velez Sarsfield. Independiente also is set to host Boca later in the season. Boca’s next games include a home matchup with Union Bahia, a road game at Velez Sarsfield and a road game at El Bigua. Boca also is scheduled to visit Independiente later in the season. After those games, Independiente is scheduled to play Union Bahia, Atletico Penarol and Quilmes, while Boca is set to face Atletico Penarol and Quilmes.
The game will be played at Boca’s home court. Independiente will seek to improve to 4-1 and keep pace near the top of the standings. Boca will aim to remain unbeaten and protect its home court. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season at Independiente. The game is the first meeting of the season between the teams.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Boca 62, Independiente 56. Interstat’s ELO system projects Boca with a 75.1 percent probability to win. Boca has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -15.5, and the over/under for the game is 129.5.