LUTSK, Ukraine (Interstat) — Volyn Lutsk will host Goverla on Saturday in a Ukrainian basketball matchup. Goverla enters with a 1-4 record, while Volyn Lutsk is 3-5.

Raylon Howard is a player to watch for Goverla. Howard played 18 minutes and had 15 points, four rebounds and two assists in a 75-70 win over Kyiv. He also played 34 minutes and finished with 20 points, nine rebounds, one assist and one block against Kharkivski Sokoly, and he had 11 points, six rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes against Khmelnitsky. In Goverla’s most recent game, a 75-70 home win over Kyiv, Howard had 15 points, four rebounds and two assists. Sergey Startsev added 17 points, four rebounds and six assists in 32 minutes, and Sergiy Kuznetsov had nine points, six rebounds and two assists in 33 minutes. Goverla’s other results this season include a 73-69 overtime home loss to Kharkivski Sokoly, an 81-79 overtime home loss to Khmelnitsky, an 84-70 home loss to BC Dnipro and a 95-70 home loss to BK Zaporozhye.

Nazar Korol is a player to watch for Volyn Lutsk. Korol played 35 minutes and had 20 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one block in a 73-72 win over Khmelnitsky. He scored 25 points with three rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes in a 75-66 win at Cherkaski Mavpy. He also had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and three blocks in 24 minutes in a 92-81 loss at Niko-Basket Mykolaiv, eight points, two rebounds, two assists and one block in 18 minutes against BK Zaporozhye, and three points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks in 31 minutes against BC Dnipro. In the win over Khmelnitsky, Maxim Nikitin added 23 points, eight rebounds, two assists and three blocks in 33 minutes, while Svyatoslav Tovkach had three points and 12 rebounds in 25 minutes. Volyn Lutsk’s other results include an 88-86 home win over Kharkivski Sokoly, a 76-57 home loss to BK Zaporozhye, a 70-68 home loss to BC Dnipro, an 87-79 road loss at Rivne-Oshvsm and an 89-82 home loss to Kyiv. Volyn Lutsk next has road games at Kyiv and Kharkivski Sokoly. Goverla next plays at Rivne-Oshvsm.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Volyn Lutsk to win 83-78. Interstat’s ELO system gives Volyn Lutsk an 80.3 percent probability to win. Volyn Lutsk is a -1.5 pregame favorite, and the over/under is 158.5.