VIENNA (Interstat) — UBC Sankt Pölten will carry a 1-0 record into the road basketball game on Sunday against Vienna at Stadthalle B in Wien, Austria, while Vienna will seek its first victory of the season after an 0-4 start.

UBC Sankt Pölten, nicknamed the Dragons, opened its season with an 85-77 home win over Kufstein. Jaylen Stanford Bates led the Dragons with 27 points, five rebounds and one assist in 35 minutes. Sean Smith added 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists in 31 minutes, and Leon Bulic scored 14 points with three rebounds in 31 minutes. Bates enters the matchup on Sunday as the primary player to watch for UBC Sankt Pölten, while Smith and Bulic give the Dragons additional production.

Vienna has dropped its first four games, including a 95-84 home loss to Cluj-Napoca in its most recent outing. Lukas Cvetkova is the player to watch for Vienna. In Vienna’s game at Oberwart, Cvetkova scored 25 points and grabbed one rebound in 33 minutes. He also saw one minute of action in an earlier game at Promitheas Patras, finishing with one rebound.

Vienna’s other losses this season came at Oberwart 114-58, at Traiskirchen 122-37 and at Promitheas Patras 92-82. The home side will look to use the setting at Stadthalle B to steady its early-season form and compete against a UBC Sankt Pölten team that has started strongly. The Dragons will aim to remain unbeaten behind Bates and a supporting cast that showed balance in the opener.

After the game on Sunday, UBC Sankt Pölten is scheduled to host Traiskirchen and Gmunden before taking on Klosterneuburg, Oberwart and Graz on the road. Later games include home dates against Wels, Vienna and Graz, plus a road matchup at Nord Dragonz and a trip to Kapfenberg. Vienna’s upcoming schedule includes road games at Nancy, Kufstein, Partizan, Parnu and Kapfenberg, along with home games against Szczecin, Zadar, Nord Dragonz, Mega Basket and Keravnos Strovolou.

UBC Sankt Pölten and Vienna will meet again later in the season, when Vienna travels to face the Dragons. For now, the focus is on the contest on Sunday at Stadthalle B, where the Dragons will try to protect their perfect record and Vienna will chase its first win. The Dragons will also face Oberwart, Wels and Graz at home as part of their upcoming slate, while Vienna will continue a busy stretch that includes several international and domestic matchups.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Vienna 88, UBC Sankt Pölten 83. The projection places Vienna ahead by five points in the expected result.