ROCK HILL (Interstat) — North Dakota will visit Winthrop on Saturday in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game at Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C. North Dakota will be the visiting team, and Winthrop will be the home team. The Fighting Hawks enter with an 0-1 record, and the Eagles also enter at 0-1. Both teams will be looking for their first victory of the season.

North Dakota is coming off an 85-50 loss at Minnesota. Jayden Moore is the player to watch for the Fighting Hawks. In that game, Moore finished with 13 points, three rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes. Zack Parks added four points, six rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes. Carter Evanson contributed five points, three rebounds, one assist and one block in 24 minutes. North Dakota lists Moore as a guard, Parks as a guard and Evanson as a guard.

Winthrop most recently dropped a 103-98 decision at Queens (NC). Keshawn Fisher is the player to watch for the Eagles. Fisher posted 32 points, six rebounds, two assists and four blocks in 34 minutes. George Natsvlishvili added 16 points, nine rebounds, three assists and one block in 30 minutes. Spence Sims finished with 19 points, two rebounds and three assists in 35 minutes. Winthrop lists Fisher as a forward, Natsvlishvili as a center and Sims as a guard.

North Dakota’s upcoming schedule includes Clemson, Montana, SIU Edwardsville, Mayville St., Detroit, Southeastern Louisiana, Green Bay, Waldorf, UTEP and another game against SIU Edwardsville. North Dakota will play at Clemson before returning home to face Montana. The Fighting Hawks will then host SIU Edwardsville and Mayville St. before meeting Detroit and Southeastern Louisiana in Cancún, México. Those two games are listed as North Dakota home contests in Cancún, México. North Dakota will then visit Green Bay, host Waldorf, visit UTEP and visit SIU Edwardsville.

Winthrop’s upcoming schedule includes Kennesaw State, Jackson State, Chattanooga, Wofford, Illinois, Clinton, South Carolina State, Coastal Carolina, Bob Jones and Utah State. The Eagles will visit Kennesaw State before hosting Jackson State. Winthrop will then host Chattanooga, visit Wofford, visit Illinois, host Clinton, visit South Carolina State, visit Coastal Carolina, host Bob Jones and visit Utah State. The matchup is part of the early-season schedule for both programs.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Winthrop 79, North Dakota 75. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Winthrop with an 83 percent probability to win. Winthrop has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -8.5. The over/under for the game is 160.