TRALEE, Ireland (Interstat) — Tralee will host Belfast Star Saturday in the opening game of the season for both basketball clubs. Tralee enters with a current record of 0 wins and 0 losses. Belfast Star also enters with a current record of 0 wins and 0 losses. The game will be played in Tralee, with Belfast Star serving as the visiting team.

Belfast Star will begin the campaign on the road before moving through a busy early schedule. Its next 10 games include contests against St. Vincent’s, UCC Demons, UCD Marian, Eanna Dublin, Sligo, Neptune, Killester, Ballincollig, Limerick Celtics and UL Eagles. Belfast Star will host St. Vincent’s, UCD Marian, Sligo, Killester, Limerick Celtics and UL Eagles during that stretch. It will visit UCC Demons, Eanna Dublin, Neptune and Ballincollig. The opener at Tralee precedes that 10-game stretch for Belfast Star.

Tralee will also face a varied set of opponents after the opener. Tralee’s next 10 games include matchups with Eanna Dublin, UCD Marian, Killester, Neptune, Limerick Celtics, Sligo, Ballincollig, St. Vincent’s, UL Eagles and UCC Demons. Tralee will visit Eanna Dublin, UCD Marian, Neptune, Sligo and UL Eagles during that run. It will host Killester, Limerick Celtics, Ballincollig, St. Vincent’s and UCC Demons. The Belfast Star game precedes that 10-game stretch for Tralee.

The schedule gives both teams a mix of home and road assignments in the early part of the season. Belfast Star’s listed slate moves from the opener at Tralee to a home game against St. Vincent’s, then a road game at UCC Demons. A home game against UCD Marian follows, along with a road game at Eanna Dublin. Belfast Star then hosts Sligo before visiting Neptune. Home games against Killester and Limerick Celtics are followed by a road game at Ballincollig and a home game against UL Eagles.

Tralee’s listed schedule after the opener begins with road games at Eanna Dublin and UCD Marian. Tralee then hosts Killester before visiting Neptune. A home game against Limerick Celtics comes next, followed by a road game at Sligo. Tralee then hosts Ballincollig and St. Vincent’s before visiting UL Eagles. The stretch closes with a home game against UCC Demons.

Both clubs will begin the season with clean records, and the first result will set the early tone for each team’s campaign. The game is the only Saturday contest listed for either side before both teams continue their schedules.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Tralee 88, Belfast Star 79.