Ras at Nibak Nis
NIS, Serbia (Interstat) — Ras will visit Nibak Nis on Wednesday in a women’s professional basketball game matching two teams with 1-1 records. Ras is the visiting team, and Nibak Nis is the home team. Both clubs will look to move above .500. The game will be played at Nibak Nis’s home court.
Ras enters after a 79-72 loss to Partizan. Angela Ladinek, a player to watch for Ras, had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist in 34 minutes. Katarina Ristic added 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 34 minutes, and Nina Tesic finished with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 31 minutes. In its other game this season, Ras won 78-75 at ZKK Kraljevo. Ladinek recorded 6 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes in that victory.
Nibak Nis most recently fell 79-70 at Student Nis. Bojana Stevanovich, a player to watch for Nibak Nis, led the team with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in 26 minutes. Andela Radovic had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 33 minutes, and Vladinka Erak added 8 points and 6 rebounds in 34 minutes. Nibak Nis’s other result was a 68-62 home win over Mega MIS. Stevanovich scored 16 points with 7 rebounds and 3 assists in 35 minutes in that victory.
Ras’s loss to Partizan came after its win at ZKK Kraljevo. Nibak Nis’s loss at Student Nis came after its home win over Mega MIS. Both teams are 1-1, and a win Wednesday would improve either team to 2-1. A loss would drop either team to 1-2. Ras and Nibak Nis each will seek a second win.
The game will be Ras’s third of the season and Nibak Nis’s third. Ras will play six of its next 10 games at home and four on the road. Nibak Nis will play five of its next 10 at home and five on the road.
After facing Nibak Nis, Ras will host Mega MIS, then visit Student Nis and Vojvodina. Ras will host Korac, visit Novosadska, host Duga, Spartak, Crvena Zvezda and Kraljevo, and visit Partizan.
After facing Ras, Nibak Nis will visit Korac, host Novosadska, visit Duga, host Spartak, visit Crvena Zvezda, host Kraljevo, visit Partizan, host Vojvodina, visit Mega MIS and host Student Nis.
Ladinek and Stevanovich are the featured players for their teams. Ladinek had 15 points and 8 rebounds in her most recent game. Stevanovich had 22 points and 7 rebounds in her most recent game. Ristic, Tesic, Radovic and Erak also were among the most productive players in their teams’ latest games.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ras 74, Nibak Nis 73. The projection gives the visiting team a one-point margin.