PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Kutztown (0-0) will visit Jefferson (0-0) in a men’s NCAA Division II basketball game Monday at Gallagher Center in Philadelphia. The Golden Bears will be the visiting team, while the Rams will be the home team in a matchup between programs still working toward their first result of the season.

Kutztown enters with a 0-0 record. The Golden Bears’ most recent previous result was a 106-79 loss at Mansfield on Feb. 28. Kutztown will look to reset its early-season footing against a Jefferson side that also enters at 0-0. The Golden Bears will carry the visitor’s role into the game at Gallagher Center, where they will seek a stronger start after their most recent outing.

Jefferson’s most recent previous result was an 88-71 loss to Dominican (N.Y.) on March 3 at Jefferson. The Rams will host the Golden Bears at Gallagher Center, where Jefferson will seek to start its home schedule with a strong performance. The Rams and Golden Bears both carry 0-0 records into the game, giving each team a fresh start as the new season gets underway. Jefferson will look to use its home court and its depth against a Kutztown team eager to move past its last result.

Kutztown’s schedule ahead includes a home game against Cheyney, a road trip to Penn St.-Schuylkill and a home contest against Georgian Court before a pair of road games at Gannon and Edinboro. Jefferson’s upcoming slate includes a road game at Staten Island, a road game at Saint Thomas Aquinas in Staten Island, N.Y., a home game against Millersville, a road game at Pace and a road game at Caldwell. Those contests follow the meeting at Gallagher Center and will shape the early portion of each team’s schedule.

The Golden Bears will be aiming to reverse the form of their most recent outing, while the Rams will try to use their home court to open the new campaign on a positive note. Kutztown and Jefferson both enter the matchup without a win or a loss this season, making the game an early opportunity for either program to establish momentum. The contest is set for Gallagher Center in Philadelphia, with Kutztown as the visitor and Jefferson as the home side. Both teams will be seeking a first victory of the season in a setting that could provide an early measure of progress.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Jefferson 88, Kutztown 73. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Jefferson with a 91.8 percent probability to win.