Vienna United at Vienna Flames
VIENNA (Interstat) — Vienna United will visit Vienna Flames on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game, with the home side seeking to continue its start and the visitors still looking for their first win of the season.
Vienna Flames enters at 5-2. Vienna United is 0-7. Vienna Flames has won two of its past three games, and Vienna United has dropped seven straight.
Vienna United is coming off a 66-55 home loss to DBB LZ OO. Theresa Stejskal was the most productive player for Vienna United in that game, finishing with 15 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and one block in 27 minutes. Jula Schmidt added 14 points and one rebound in 25 minutes, while Emma Kress had four points, one rebound and five assists in 23 minutes.
Stejskal has been a consistent presence for Vienna United. She had seven points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes against UBI Graz, two points, four rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes at UBSC-DBBC Graz, and 13 points, three rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 29 minutes against Vienna Flames earlier this season.
Vienna United has also lost to Vienna T-Wolves 80-68, UBI Graz 60-48, UBSC-DBBC Graz 56-40, Klosterneuburg 80-49 and Linz 82-74 this season.
Vienna Flames is coming off an 87-56 win at UBSC-DBBC Graz. Clara Kronfuss had 10 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one block in 24 minutes in that game. Loulou Kenens scored 18 points with six rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes, and Laetitia Schumacher added 13 points, four rebounds and six assists in 20 minutes.
Kronfuss also had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes at DBB Wels, three points, five rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 14 minutes against Duches Klosterneuburg, and four points, one rebound and two assists in 18 minutes at Vienna United.
Vienna Flames has also beaten Klosterneuburg 60-54, Linz 63-54 and Vienna T-Wolves 62-53, with losses to DBB LZ OO 68-62 and UBI Graz 77-57.
Vienna Flames won the most recent meeting between the teams 78-43 at Vienna United. Vienna Flames and Vienna United are scheduled to meet again later this season. Vienna United will look to Stejskal for production on the road, while Vienna Flames will count on Kronfuss, Kenens and Schumacher.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Vienna Flames 65, Vienna United 53. Interstat’s ELO system projects Vienna Flames with a 97.6 percent probability to win. Vienna Flames has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-22. The over/under for this game is 125.