OGRE, Latvia (Interstat) — Ogre will host Latvijas Univ in a basketball game Saturday at Ogre 1. Secondary School Arena in Ogre, Latvia.

Ogre enters the matchup with a 0-2 record and is seeking its first win of the season. Latvijas Univ is 1-3 and will try to build on its most recent result, an 85-77 victory at Keila Basket. Joseph Hayes Patrick led Latvijas Univ in that game with 17 points, 13 rebounds and four assists in 30 minutes. Rodrigo Jugans added 10 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes, while Liev Koshevatskyi finished with 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 31 minutes.

Patrick is the player to watch for Latvijas Univ. In his past four games, he scored 17 points with 13 rebounds and four assists at Keila Coolbet, 21 points with five rebounds at Rigas Juniori, 24 points with five rebounds and one block against Ventspils, and three points with three rebounds and two assists at VEF Riga. He played 30, 37, 28 and 19 minutes in those games.

Latvijas Univ’s other results this season include a 94-87 overtime loss at Rigas Juniori, a 108-92 home loss to Ventspils and a 104-66 loss at VEF Riga. The team will next visit Valmiera before hosting Viimsi. Its upcoming schedule also includes road games at Parnu, Tal Tech, Keila, Liepāja Triobet and BC Tartu, along with home games against Kalev-Cramo, Keila Basket and Rigas Juniori.

Ogre is coming off a 110-85 loss at Rigas Zelli. Juris Vitols paced Ogre with 19 points, two rebounds and five assists in 27 minutes. Louis Lobsinger Owen added 16 points, five rebounds and one assist in 22 minutes, and Guntis Sipolins had nine points, seven rebounds, two assists and one block in 20 minutes.

Vitols is the player to watch for Ogre. He scored 18 points with three assists in 24 minutes against VEF Riga. Ogre’s other result this season was a 92-73 home loss to VEF Riga. After facing Latvijas Univ, Ogre will visit Viimsi and Tal Tech. It will host Ventspils, Keila Basket, Kalev-Cramo, Keila, Valmiera and Tal Tech, and it will visit Rigas Juniori and BC Tartu.

Latvijas Univ’s most recent victory came at Keila Basket, where Patrick posted a double-double and Koshevatskyi and Jugans also scored in double figures. Ogre’s most recent game ended in a road loss at Rigas Zelli, where Vitols, Lobsinger Owen and Sipolins were the team’s top producers. Both teams will continue their schedules after Saturday.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ogre 88, Latvijas Univ 81.