NIS, Serbia (Interstat) — Sopron will visit Student Nis on Wednesday in a women’s professional basketball game, with the visitors carrying the stronger record and the home side looking to build on its highest-scoring outing of the season.

Sopron is 8-2 and has won six of its past seven games. Its most recent result was a 60-52 win at Vasas Csata, led by Masa Jankovic’s 19 points and nine rebounds. Kennedy Todd Williams added 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, while Franka Toth contributed nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Jankovic has been Sopron’s most reliable offensive option in recent games. She scored 21 points with six rebounds and three assists against BEAC, posted 16 points and 10 rebounds at Saarlouis, and had 23 points and nine rebounds at Csata TKK. She also had 10 points and three rebounds at Benfica. Sopron has reached 83 points in six of its eight wins, including a 106-64 victory over BEAC and an 89-71 win over Student Nis in the most recent meeting between the teams. Sopron’s other wins this season include a 107-53 home victory over Szigetszentmiklos, an 88-53 road win at ETO Basket and a 90-66 home win over Cegledi.

Student Nis is 4-6 but enters after a 111-67 win over Novosadska in its most recent game. Teodora Culibrk is the player to watch for the home team. She had 23 points, seven rebounds and three assists in a loss to Saarlouis, then followed with nine points, five rebounds and two assists at Radivoj Korac. Culibrk also scored 10 points against Benfica, had four points, six rebounds and four assists against Ras, and produced 23 points, four rebounds and three assists at Vojvodina 021. Earlier in the season, she had 13 points, five rebounds and seven assists at Mega MIS. Student Nis has also posted a 76-50 win over Ras and an 87-60 win at Korac while leaning on Culibrk to create offense. Student Nis has also beaten Nibak Nis 79-70 and lost 83-75 in overtime at Partizan.

Student Nis will need a strong defensive effort to slow Sopron’s balanced attack and limit Jankovic’s production inside and on the perimeter. Sopron will try to control the tempo and use its rebounding advantage to create second-chance opportunities. The home team’s best path will be through Culibrk, who has shown the ability to score and facilitate when given space.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Sopron 77, Student Nis 74.