ŠIROKI BRIJEG, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Interstat) — Siroki will put its 5-2 record on the line against visiting Drina on Saturday at Pecara. Siroki is the home team. Drina enters at 1-2. The matchup features two productive players in Siroki’s Tayler Persons and Drina’s Velibor Milovanovic.

Milovanovic has been Drina’s most reliable option. In Drina’s most recent result, an 89-83 home win over KK Slavija, he finished with 28 minutes, 15 points, eight rebounds and two assists. Filip Ruzicic added 21 points and five rebounds, and Bojan Matic had 13 points and eight rebounds. Drina also lost at Gradina Tesanj 87-73 and lost at home to Igman 88-76. Drina will look to Milovanovic to build on that production as it tries to keep pace on the road.

Persons has carried much of Siroki’s scoring load. In the most recent result, a 98-91 home loss to Slovan Bratislava, he posted 34 minutes, 23 points, five rebounds and seven assists. C. Lewis scored 24 points, and Joshua Ola Joseph added 10. Persons had 20 minutes, 16 points, three rebounds and six assists in a 77-59 home win over Leotar Trebinje. He also contributed 33 minutes, 17 points, five rebounds and seven assists in a 78-66 road win at FMP Beograd, 29 minutes, 18 points, five rebounds and six assists in a 106-96 loss at KK Slavija, and 19 minutes, six points, three rebounds, six assists and one block in a 76-69 home win over Gradina Tesanj.

Siroki’s other results include a 70-69 home win over Cedevita Olimpija and an 87-81 road win at Borac Mozzart. Siroki’s 5-2 mark includes the home win over Leotar Trebinje, the road win at FMP Beograd, the home win over Cedevita Olimpija, the home win over Gradina Tesanj and the road win at Borac Mozzart. Drina’s 1-2 mark includes the home win over KK Slavija. After this game, Drina is scheduled to host Takovo Leotar and Mrkonjic Grad before visiting Sloboda Tuzla and hosting Radnicki Gorazde. Siroki is set to visit Mrkonjic Grad and Crvena Zvezda before hosting Sloboda Tuzla, Cibona and Zrinjski Mostar. Siroki is also scheduled to visit Krka and Radnicki Gorazde and to face Buducnost and FMP.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Siroki 94, Drina 84.