ALCANTARILLA, Spain (Interstat) — Celta Zorka will visit Jairis on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game at Alcantarilla in Alcantarilla, Spain.

Celta Zorka enters with a 0-3 record and is seeking its first win of the season. Jairis is 4-1 and will play at home. Celta Zorka is coming off a loss to Zaragoza. Maria Gakdeng finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and one assist in 30 minutes. Emma Ronsiek Grace added 10 points, six rebounds, one assist and one block in 32 minutes, while Marina Gea Becerra had three points, one rebound and one assist in 15 minutes. Celta Zorka also has lost at IDK Gipuzkoa 75-65 and fell to Gernika Bizkaia 84-80 in overtime. Gakdeng is a player to watch. She had six points, one rebound, one assist and one block in 23 minutes at IDK Gipuzkoa, and eight points, five rebounds, one assist and one block in 22 minutes against Gernika Bizkaia.

Jairis is coming off a win over Brod na Savi. Emily Bessoir had 12 points, 13 rebounds, one assist and one block in 16 minutes. Marta Alsina added 12 points, four rebounds and three assists in 15 minutes, and Billie Massey had 12 points, five rebounds and one assist in 20 minutes. Jairis also has beaten Uni Girona 64-48 and Baxi Ferrol 74-61, and it lost at Innova-TSN 66-63. Bessoir is a player to watch. She had two points, seven rebounds, one assist and three blocks in 18 minutes against Uni Girona, and nine points and 11 rebounds in 16 minutes against Baxi Ferrol. She also had two points and one assist in 13 minutes at Innova-TSN. Bessoir’s most recent performance included a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Jairis’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Panathlitikos after Saturday, followed by a trip to Mallorca Palma. Jairis also is set to host Miskolc and Avenida, and to visit Brod na Savi and Cadi La Seu. It then hosts Estudiantes before visiting Panathlitikos. Celta Zorka is scheduled to host Cadi La Seu, Araski, Mallorca Palma and Girona. Its road schedule includes trips to Valencia, Estepona, Innova-TSN and Estudiantes. Celta Zorka also is set to visit Valencia twice. Jairis will play Panathlitikos, Mallorca Palma, Miskolc, Avenida, Brod na Savi, Cadi La Seu, Estudiantes and Panathlitikos in its next eight games. Celta Zorka will play Cadi La Seu, Valencia, Araski, Estepona, Innova-TSN, Mallorca Palma, Estudiantes and Girona in its next eight games.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Jairis to defeat Celta Zorka 77-66.