Galatasaray at Schio

SCHIO, Italy (Interstat) — Schio will put its unbeaten record on the line Wednesday when it hosts Galatasaray in a women’s professional basketball game.

Schio enters at 8-0. Galatasaray is 6-2. The home side is coming off a 100-63 victory over Battipaglia. Galatasaray’s most recent result was an 85-65 win at Kayseri. Schio won the most recent head-to-head meeting, 84-66, at Galatasaray.

Schio has also beaten Mechelen 83-47, Broni 82-73, Crvena zvezda 84-72, Campobasso 91-67, San Giovanni 85-43 and Masnaga 98-40. Galatasaray has defeated Nesibe 77-71, Mechelen 77-50, Emlak 73-67, CBK Mersin 85-62 and Istanbul GSK 84-83 in overtime. Galatasaray also has losses to Crvena zvezda and Schio.

Morgan Bertsch is a player to watch for Schio. She had 17 points and 9 rebounds in 18 minutes against Battipaglia, after finishing with 8 points and 3 rebounds in 21 minutes at Mechelen and 10 points and 3 rebounds in 17 minutes at Broni. Bertsch also had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 19 minutes in the earlier meeting at Galatasaray. She had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists against San Giovanni, 4 points and 7 rebounds against Campobasso, and 1 point and 2 rebounds against Crvena zvezda.

Dorka Juhasz is a player to watch for Galatasaray. She had 16 points and 5 rebounds in 23 minutes in the win at Kayseri and posted 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in 35 minutes against Crvena zvezda. In the Kayseri win, Sevgi Uzun added 10 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and Marine Fauthoux scored 16 points.

Schio’s win over Battipaglia also included 12 points and 7 rebounds from Olbis Andre and 4 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists from Carlotta Zanardi.

Galatasaray will be the visiting team in the Wednesday game. Schio will be the home team. Schio has remained perfect through eight games, while Galatasaray has won six of eight.

Galatasaray’s next 10 games include matchups with Besiktas, Turgutlu, Mechelen, Fenerbahce, Crvena zvezda, Botas, Ormanspor, Istanbul GSK, CBK Mersin and Emlak. Schio’s next 10 include Roseto, Brescia, Crvena zvezda, Libertas Livorno, Mechelen, Reyer Venezia, San Martino, Derthona and two games against Masnaga.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Schio 77, Galatasaray 70. Schio is installed as a -6.5 pregame favorite, and the over/under is 142.5.