Sopron at Saarlouis
SAARLOUIS, Germany (Interstat) — Sopron will carry a 5-1 record into its women’s professional basketball game at Saarlouis on Wednesday, while the home side enters at 2-1. Sopron will be the visiting team, and Saarlouis will be the home team in the women’s professional matchup. Sopron has scored at least 77 points in each of its five wins, while Saarlouis has reached 77 in both of its victories.
Sopron most recently earned a 77-75 win at Csata TKK behind Masa Jankovic’s 23 points and nine rebounds. Nneka Ezeigbo added 16 points, seven rebounds and three blocks, and Zala Friskovec scored 17 points with six assists. Jankovic, the player to watch for Sopron, also had 16 points and four rebounds in the team’s loss to Kibirkstis Vilnius. She played 27 minutes in the Csata TKK win and 31 minutes in the Kibirkstis Vilnius loss. Sopron’s season has included wins over Student Nis, Szigetszentmiklos, ETO Basket and Cegledi. The club also recorded a 90-66 home win over Cegledi, a 107-53 home win over Szigetszentmiklos and an 88-53 road win at ETO Basket. Its lone loss was an 81-62 home setback to Kibirkstis Vilnius, and it also beat Student Nis 89-71 at home.
Saarlouis most recently dropped a 69-65 decision at Benfica. Jordyn Jenkins led the way with 18 points and six rebounds, while Parker Hill contributed 11 points and four rebounds and Oliana Squires added nine points, five rebounds and four assists. Jenkins, the player to watch for Saarlouis, had 14 points and five rebounds in a win over Geneve and 11 points, six rebounds, two assists and five blocks in an earlier victory against Geneve. Jenkins played 30 minutes at Benfica, 19 minutes in the home win over Geneve and 24 minutes in the road win over Geneve. Saarlouis beat Geneve 77-56 at home and won 109-75 at Geneve. The team’s only loss came at Benfica.
Sopron’s upcoming schedule includes home games against BEAC, Atomeromu, Miskolc, Benfica, TFSE-MTK and a return matchup with Saarlouis, as well as road contests against Benfica, Vasas Csata, Student Nis and NKA Pecs. Saarlouis is set to visit Student Nis before hosting Benfica, then visits Sopron and later hosts Student Nis. Both teams will look to build momentum in the early portion of the campaign.
Interstat’s game simulator projects Saarlouis 84, Sopron 83. Interstat’s ELO system gives Sopron an 80.7 percent probability to win. Sopron is installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -11, and the over/under is 144.