Helios VS at Geneve
GENEVA (Interstat) — The Geneve women’s professional basketball team will host Helios VS on Wednesday, with the visiting side looking to add to its early-season momentum and the home team seeking a stronger result.
Helios VS enters with a 1-1 record. Geneve is 1-3. The game is part of the women’s professional basketball schedule.
Helios VS is coming off a 99-79 loss to Nyon. Louise Forsyth led the way with 32 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Kylie Lavelle added 22 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and two blocks, while Maeve St John contributed 11 points, nine rebounds and three assists. In its other game this season, Helios VS defeated Pully 93-50. Forsyth scored 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds while handing out three assists in that win. Lavelle and St John also helped pace the offense in the victory.
Geneve most recently won 90-50 at BBC Troistorrents. Ann Walsh Claleigh paced the team with 23 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. Wivine Defosset recorded 12 points, eight rebounds and 12 assists, and Marta Vincenzi scored 15 points with six rebounds and three assists. Geneve has also faced Saarlouis twice and Nyon once. Claleigh scored 12 points with six rebounds and one assist at Saarlouis, then had 16 points, four rebounds and one assist at Nyon. In the earlier Saarlouis game, she scored 28 points with six rebounds and four assists. Geneve lost those games and also fell to Saarlouis in another matchup.
Helios VS opened the season with a 93-50 home win over Pully before falling to Nyon. Forsyth has scored 27 and 32 points in the two games. Lavelle and St John were also among the team’s most productive players in the loss to Nyon. Geneve began the season with losses to Saarlouis and Nyon before another loss to Saarlouis. The team then beat BBC Troistorrents. Claleigh has scored 28, 16, 12 and 23 points in her recent appearances.
Helios VS will look to Forsyth to continue her strong scoring and all-around play. She has been a central figure in the team’s offense and has contributed on the boards and as a passer. Geneve will counter with Claleigh, who has reached double figures in scoring in each of her recent appearances. Defosset’s passing and Vincenzi’s scoring give the home team additional options.
The teams will meet again later in the season, but the focus is on Wednesday’s game. Helios VS will try to move above .500, while Geneve will aim to improve its record at home. After this matchup, Helios VS is scheduled to host Fribourg and then visit BBC Troistorrents. Geneve will visit Zurich and then host Fribourg.
Interstat’s game simulator projects Helios VS to win 87-79.