TARTU, Estonia (Interstat) — Valmiera will be the visiting team against BC Tartu on Saturday at Tartu Ulikooli Spordihoone in Tartu, Estonia. Valmiera enters with an 8-5 season record, while BC Tartu is 7-5.

Bryce Mcbride is a player to watch for Valmiera. In his most recent performance, Mcbride scored 28 points with five assists and two rebounds in an 80-74 win over Manchester Basketball. He also had 14 points and three assists at Parnu, 25 points, four rebounds and 10 assists against Korfez Basket, 30 points, three rebounds and three assists against VEF Riga, and 20 points, two rebounds and eight assists against Latvijas Univ. Mcbride had 18 points, two rebounds and four assists at Chalon/Saone and nine points and one assist against BC Kalev/Cramo.

Valmiera’s most recent result was an 80-74 home win over Manchester Basketball. Aminu Mohammed added 14 points and 13 rebounds in that game, and Daniel Giddens had 13 points and nine rebounds. Earlier this season, Valmiera lost 76-74 at Parnu, lost 87-85 to Korfez Basket, lost 97-89 to VEF Riga, lost 109-77 at Chalon-Sur-Saone, beat Latvijas Univ 81-59, beat BC Kalev/Cramo 82-74, beat Viimsi 91-87, lost 79-77 at Bashkimi, beat Keila 106-82 and beat Keila Basket 95-56.

M. Smith is a player to watch for BC Tartu. In the team’s most recent game, Smith had 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks in a 113-79 loss at Wurzburg. Smith also had 15 points, six rebounds and seven assists at VEF Riga, 18 points, five rebounds and nine assists against Iraklis, 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists at AEK Larnaca, 14 points, two rebounds and two assists at Keila KK, and seven points, three rebounds and four assists at MZT Skopje.

BC Tartu’s most recent result was a 113-79 loss at Wurzburg. Chris Maidoh had nine points, three rebounds, four assists and two blocks in that game, and Omar El Sheikh had 14 points and four rebounds. BC Tartu previously beat VEF Riga 86-74, beat Iraklis 101-100 in overtime, beat Tal Tech 65-41, lost 99-93 at AEK Larnaca, beat Keila 89-71, beat MZT Skopje 95-92, lost 94-74 to Rigas Zelli, lost 103-76 to Dziki, lost 92-85 at Ventspils and beat Liepaja Triobet 87-83.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Valmiera 94, BC Tartu 92. Interstat’s ELO system projects BC Tartu with a 50.9 percent probability to win. BC Tartu has been installed as the pregame favorite with a spread of -3, and the over/under is 167.