Fribourg at Helios VS
VETROZ, Switzerland (Interstat) — Fribourg will visit Helios VS on Sunday in a women’s professional basketball game. Fribourg enters with a 2-1 record. Helios VS is 1-2.
Fribourg is coming off a home win over BBC Troistorrents 88-51. Lauren Heard led Fribourg with 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes. Stephanie Martinez added 11 points, five rebounds and five assists in 20 minutes. Anna Holmberg had 15 points, nine rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes. Fribourg also lost at Baden 76-70 and beat Zurich 86-60 earlier this season.
Heard is the player to watch for Fribourg. In the win over BBC Troistorrents, she finished with 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists. In Fribourg’s previous game at Baden, she played 40 minutes and recorded 12 points, five rebounds and nine assists. She has scored in double figures in both recent outings.
Helios VS is coming off a road loss at Geneve, falling 102-81. Kylie Lavelle paced Helios VS with 32 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in 38 minutes. Louise Forsyth added 20 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and one block in 36 minutes. Maeve St John contributed eight points, four rebounds, eight assists and one block in 32 minutes.
Lavelle is the player to watch for Helios VS. In the loss at Geneve, she posted 32 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Before that, she had 22 points, 13 rebounds, two assists and two blocks against Nyon. She also recorded 18 points, 11 rebounds, one assist and three blocks in a win over Pully.
Helios VS beat Pully 93-50 and lost to Nyon 99-79 before the Geneve game. Fribourg opened the season with a win over Zurich and a loss at Baden before topping BBC Troistorrents. Fribourg has scored 88, 70 and 86 points in its three games, allowing 51, 76 and 60. Helios VS has scored 81, 79 and 93 points, allowing 102, 99 and 50. The teams are meeting for the first time this season.
Fribourg’s next games include matchups with Derthona, Geneve, Landerneau, Nyon, Poznan, Alte Kanti Aarau, Derthona, Pully, Landerneau and Geneve. Helios VS is scheduled to face BBC Troistorrents, Zurich, Baden, Alte Kanti Aarau, Baden, Pully, Geneve, Zurich, Fribourg and BBC Troistorrents.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Helios VS 86, Fribourg 75. Interstat’s ELO system gives Fribourg a 51.7 percent probability to win.