MARSHALL, Texas (Interstat) — Milwaukee Engineering will visit East Texas Baptist on Saturday for a women’s NCAA Division III basketball game at Ornelas Gymnasium, with both teams carrying 1-0 records into the matchup. The Raiders will make the trip as the visiting team, while the Tigers will be the home side.

East Texas Baptist, nicknamed the Tigers, opened its season with a 92-53 home win over Belhaven. Dana Barnett led the Tigers with 20 points in 20 minutes, adding two rebounds and two assists. Macey Jones contributed 18 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block, while Marley Keith finished with eight points and seven rebounds. Barnett is the player to watch for East Texas Baptist as the Tigers look to build on a strong opening performance and protect their home court. The Tigers showed balance and depth in the win, and they will try to carry that momentum into the home matchup.

Milwaukee Engineering, known as the Raiders, opened with a 66-53 home win over Schreiner. Dani Mendez recorded 13 points, eight rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes and is the player to watch for the Raiders. Gina Falls added 14 points and three rebounds, while Maggie Lewandowski had 13 points, six rebounds and one assist. Milwaukee Engineering will rely on that balanced production as it makes the trip to Marshall. The Raiders had multiple scoring options in their opener and will need another collective effort against the Tigers.

The matchup features two teams that have started quickly and will look to remain unbeaten. East Texas Baptist will aim to control the pace behind Barnett and its inside presence, while Milwaukee Engineering will counter with Mendez and a scoring group that produced three double-figure performers in its most recent game. Both teams will be playing their second game of the season, and each will seek to establish rhythm early. A win would move the victor to 2-0, while the loser would fall to 1-1.

Following the game, Milwaukee Engineering is scheduled to visit Carroll (Wisc.) in its next contest, while East Texas Baptist is set to travel to Centenary. Milwaukee Engineering’s upcoming schedule also includes Coe, Dominican (Ill.), Concordia Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Illinois Tech. East Texas Baptist’s future slate includes Rhodes, St. Thomas (Texas), Whitman and Pacific (Ore.). Those future matchups remain secondary to the immediate test at Ornelas Gymnasium, where the Tigers will host the Raiders.

Interstat’s game simulator projects East Texas Baptist to edge Milwaukee Engineering 53-52. Interstat’s ELO system gives East Texas Baptist an 83.3 percent probability to win.