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Pepinster lost six games in a row, and only once scored more than 69 points during that time. The team's greatest problem is offense, and the only thing they can rely on is defense, especially in a big local derby against Liege, the best defensive team of the league. These are matches of special importance for Pepinster, but they've so far lost both matches against their great rival this season, the one in January ended 57-69 and the one midway through November last year ended with 62-79, Those scores make it clear that these derbies usually give us very aggressive basketball with a focus on defense, and we can expect the same today as well. Liege average 72.7 points in away games, and allow their opponents only 71. Recently they played a 135 point game vs Brussels, and it is common knowledge Brussels are defensively poor. The only way Pepinster can make up for the disparity in quality is by raising the intensity on defense, which is to be expected in this game.