SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (Interstat) — George Fox and Hardin-Simmons will meet in a women’s NCAA Division III basketball game on Saturday at West Field House in Santa Cruz. The Bruins are the visiting team, and the Cowboys are the home team. Both programs enter the matchup with 0-0 records.

George Fox most recently dropped a 67-51 decision at Whitman on Feb. 28. The Bruins scored 51 points in that result and will begin a new season with a road matchup. Hardin-Simmons most recently fell 103-61 at New York on March 13. The Cowboys scored 61 points in that game and will open their schedule with the contest at West Field House.

The game gives Hardin-Simmons the home designation and George Fox the visiting designation. Both teams carry 0-0 records into the opening matchup of their respective schedules. The Bruins and Cowboys will each seek their first result of the new campaign in Division III women’s play.

Hardin-Simmons will be listed as the home team, while George Fox will be listed as the visitor. The Cowboys and Bruins have no season results yet, making the matchup their first recorded game of the campaign. West Field House will host the contest in Santa Cruz.

George Fox’s most recent result came against Whitman, while Hardin-Simmons’ most recent result came against New York. Both teams will look to move forward from those outings in the contest. The Bruins will represent the visiting bench, and the Cowboys will represent the home bench at West Field House.

George Fox’s upcoming schedule includes UC Santa Cruz, Howard Payne, Warner Pacific, Oregon Tech, Corban, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Redlands, Willamette, Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran. Hardin-Simmons’ upcoming schedule includes Claremont Mudd Scripps, St. Thomas (TX), Puget Sound, St. Thomas (TX), Rhodes, Hendrix, Ozarks (AR), Belhaven, Willamette and Trine.

The matchup brings together two programs opening their schedules with 0-0 records. George Fox will make the trip as the visiting team, and Hardin-Simmons will hold the home designation. The Bruins and Cowboys will compete in a women’s NCAA Division III game at West Field House in Santa Cruz.

The contest is scheduled as part of the Division III women’s basketball calendar. George Fox will compete as the road team in the facility, while Hardin-Simmons will have the home designation. The Bruins and Cowboys each enter without a win or loss and will seek to establish momentum early in the season.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Hardin-Simmons 57, George Fox 51. Interstat’s ELO system gives Hardin-Simmons a 70.3 percent probability to win.