CROWS NEST, Australia (Interstat) — The unbeaten Northern Suburbs will host Centre of Excellence in a women’s professional basketball matchup Saturday in the Australia NBL, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. local time at Crows Nest.

Northern Suburbs enters the game with an 11-0 record across all competitions, the only undefeated team in the league. Centre of Excellence is 7-2, having won five of its last six outings.

The game features two of the league’s top scorers. Jazmin Shelley, a guard for Northern Suburbs, has averaged 26.5 points over her last six games, including a 32-point effort in a 106-52 win over Central Coast on May 16. In that game, she also added six rebounds, five assists and three blocks. Over the same span, she has recorded three double-doubles and has scored at least 25 points in each of her last five games.

Zara Russell, a forward for Centre of Excellence, has been the team’s leading scorer. In her last seven games, she has averaged 19.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists. She posted 22 points in a 87-76 win over Hills on May 16, playing 38 minutes. Russell also had a 26-point, five-assist game against Maitland on April 26 and a 20-point, nine-assist outing against Illawarra on May 2.

Centre of Excellence comes off that road win at Hills, where Isabel Smith added 16 points and Jemyma Manyok grabbed 12 rebounds. The team’s only losses this season came at Newcastle (71-65 on April 25) and at home against Manly Warringah (80-67 on May 10).

Northern Suburbs has been dominant, winning its last 11 games by an average margin of 33.5 points. In its most recent home game, it defeated Central Coast 106-52. Emma Donnelly contributed 18 points and six rebounds in that contest, and Talya Brugler added 11 points.

The matchup is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. Centre of Excellence is scheduled to face Hornsby at home the following day, while Northern Suburbs will host Maitland on May 30.

Saturday’s game will be played at Crows Nest, a suburb of Sydney. The NBL women’s season continues through late July.