DNIPRO (Interstat) — BK Zaporozhye will carry a 5-1 record into its road game against BC Dnipro on Saturday at BC Dnipro’s home court. BC Dnipro enters at 3-3.

BK Zaporozhye has won five of its first six games and is coming off a 76-57 victory at Volyn Lutsk. Jonathan Ileleji led the way with 26 points, seven rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes. Julian Powell added 12 points and 15 rebounds with three blocks, and Anton Buts finished with eight points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

Ileleji has been the central figure in BK Zaporozhye’s early-season run. In his previous six games, he scored 26 points at Volyn Lutsk, 17 at Rivne, 20 against Kharkivski Sokoly, 19 against Kyiv Basket, 15 at Khmelnitsky and 20 at Goverla. He also had seven rebounds in the Volyn Lutsk game and five rebounds in each of the games against Rivne and Kyiv Basket.

BC Dnipro will look to Stanislav Tymofeyenko. He had 22 points, six rebounds and three assists in the team’s most recent game, a 69-86 loss at Rivne-Oshvsm. Daniil Sypalo added 11 points and seven rebounds, and Mikhail Gorobchenko had 11 points, three rebounds and six assists.

Tymofeyenko’s recent stretch includes 12 points and seven rebounds at Volyn Lutsk, nine points and one rebound against Kyiv, nine points and two rebounds against Kharkivski Sokoly, 12 points and four rebounds at Goverla, and 20 points and seven rebounds at Khmelnitsky. He also recorded a block in the Volyn Lutsk and Kharkivski Sokoly games.

BK Zaporozhye’s other results this season include wins against Rivne-Oshvsm, Kharkivski Sokoly, Kyiv Basket and Goverla, along with a loss at Khmelnitsky. BC Dnipro has wins against Volyn Lutsk, Goverla and Khmelnitsky and losses against Rivne-Oshvsm, Kyiv and Kharkivski Sokoly. BK Zaporozhye has won on the road at Goverla, Rivne-Oshvsm and Volyn Lutsk, with its only loss coming at Khmelnitsky. BC Dnipro has lost home games to Kyiv and Kharkivski Sokoly and won on the road at Khmelnitsky, Goverla and Volyn Lutsk. The home side has split its six games and will try to steady itself against one of the early leaders in the standings. The visitors have been productive around Ileleji, while BC Dnipro has leaned on Tymofeyenko’s scoring and rebounding.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of BK Zaporozhye 89, BC Dnipro 77.