Olympiacos at Baxi Ferrol

FERROL, Spain (Interstat) — Baxi Ferrol will host Olympiacos in a women’s professional basketball game on Tuesday, with both teams bringing winning records into the matchup. Olympiacos enters at 6-2, while Baxi Ferrol is 7-5.

Olympiacos will be the visiting team and will look to build on its most recent result, an 89-63 home win against Panathinaikos. Olympiacos also has recent wins against Sleza Wroclaw, Kronos, Baxi Ferrol, Amyntas and Panseraikos. Its losses this season came against CBK Mersin and PAOK. In the most recent meeting between Olympiacos and Baxi Ferrol, Olympiacos won 96-68. Olympiacos’s upcoming schedule includes games against Aris, Panathlitikos, Sleza, Kavala, CBK Mersin, AEO Proteas Voulas, Athinaikos, Giannina, Panseraikos and Amyntas.

Morgan Maly is a player to watch for Olympiacos. Her recent performances include 12 points and four rebounds against CBK Mersin, 16 points and three rebounds at Sleza Wroclaw, and eight points, three rebounds and three assists against Ferrol. Maly has been active in Olympiacos’s recent stretch and gives the visitors another scoring option.

Baxi Ferrol enters with momentum after a 91-85 overtime win at IDK Gipuzkoa. Claire Melia led Baxi Ferrol in that game with 20 points, six rebounds and three assists. Esther Castedo added 13 points, two rebounds and four assists, and Sydney Shaw chipped in 14 points, four rebounds and four assists. Melia is a player to watch for Baxi Ferrol. Her recent performances also include 14 points and five rebounds at Sleza Wroclaw, 17 points and six rebounds against Gernika Bizkaia, three points, three rebounds and one block against CBK Mersin, nine points and nine rebounds at Olympiacos, five points and three rebounds at Valencia, eight points and four rebounds against Estepona, and eight points and two rebounds at Jairis. Melia’s production has been a consistent part of Baxi Ferrol’s attack.

Baxi Ferrol has won recent games against IDK Gipuzkoa, Sleza Wroclaw, Gernika Bizkaia, Estepona, Araski and Beroe. The team’s losses this season include setbacks against CBK Mersin, Valencia, Olympiacos and Jairis. Baxi Ferrol will be the home team for the Tuesday matchup and will try to use that advantage against an Olympiacos side that has been strong for much of the season. Baxi Ferrol’s upcoming schedule includes games against Innova-TSN, Mallorca Palma, CBK Mersin, Avenida, Sleza, Estudiantes, Cadi La Seu, Ensino, Zaragoza and Celta Zorka.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Baxi Ferrol 73, Olympiacos 72. Olympiacos has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -5.5. The over/under for the game is 150.5.