JONAVA, Lithuania (Interstat) — Neptūnas will visit Jonava Jonavos on Saturday at Jonavos Sporto Arena in a Lithuanian basketball matchup. Neptūnas enters with a 3-5 record, while Jonava Jonavos is 2-2. The game features two productive guards in Yannick Franke of Neptūnas and Nick Johnson of Jonava Jonavos.

Franke has been Neptūnas’s leading scorer in recent games. In the most recent victory, a 93-89 home win over JL Bourg, he finished with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 36 minutes. Elvar Fridrikson added 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Henri Drell had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Franke also scored 25 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes in an 89-62 win over Kedainiai Nevezis. He had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 26 minutes in a loss at Gargzdai. He scored 23 points with 1 rebound and 2 assists in 22 minutes against Juventus, and he had 2 points and 1 rebound in 14 minutes against Zalgiris.

Neptūnas has other recent results this season. It lost at Lietuvos rytas 86-77, lost at Chemnitz 93-84, beat Kedainiai Nevezis 89-62, lost to Trento 76-73, lost at Gargzdu Gargzdai 87-78, beat Juventus 99-84, and lost to Zalgiris 93-69.

Johnson has powered Jonava Jonavos. In the most recent win, a 71-65 road result at Panevezys, he had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in 23 minutes. Donatas Sabeckis added 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Matas Repsys had 11 points and 4 rebounds. Johnson scored 15 points with 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 33 minutes against Šiauliai, produced 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 30 minutes against Nevezis, and had 24 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in 36 minutes at Taurages.

Jonava Jonavos lost to Šiauliai 79-63, beat Kedainiai Nevezis 85-65, and lost at Taurages 95-90. Neptūnas has Franke, Fridrikson and Drell among its recent top producers. Jonava Jonavos has Johnson, Sabeckis and Repsys. Both teams continue their regular-season schedules after the matchup.

After this game, Neptūnas is scheduled to visit Buducnost, then host Šiauliai, Azzurro Napoli, Panevezys, Tofas, Taurages, Slask Wroclaw, Zalgiris, Trento and Jonava Jonavos. Jonava Jonavos is scheduled to visit Zalgiris, then host Juventus, Lietuvos rytas, Gargzdu Gargzdai, visit Lietuvos rytas and Neptūnas, then host Taurages, visit Gargzdu Gargzdai, and host Panevezys and Zalgiris.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Jonava Jonavos 89, Neptūnas 81. Neptūnas has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The over/under for the game is 166.5.