SHEFFIELD (Interstat) — Oaklands will be the visiting team and Sheffield the home team Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game. Oaklands enters with a 2-0 record, while Sheffield is 1-1. Oaklands has opened the season with wins over Cardiff and Nottingham. Sheffield has beaten Cardiff and lost to Manchester.

Oaklands’ Summah Evans is a player to watch. In her most recent outing against Cardiff, Evans had 28 points, four rebounds, five assists and three blocks in 32 minutes as Oaklands won 93-85. She has been among Oaklands’ most productive players in the early season.

The most recent Oaklands result was a 93-85 home win over Cardiff. Evans led the way, while Emma Donnelly added 19 points, four rebounds and two blocks in 23 minutes. Elise Williams contributed six points, five rebounds, seven assists and two blocks in 24 minutes. Oaklands also opened the season with a 94-50 road win at Nottingham. Oaklands has scored 93 or more points in each of its first two games.

Sheffield’s Laycee Drake is a player to watch. In Sheffield’s most recent game, an 88-59 loss to Manchester, Drake recorded 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in 33 minutes. Nina Krisper added 10 points, three rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes, while Tia Morgan scored 11 points and added three rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes.

Sheffield’s most recent result was an 88-59 home loss to Manchester. Drake posted a double-double, and Krisper and Morgan also contributed. Sheffield opened the season with a 103-64 road win at Cardiff. Sheffield has one win and one loss through two games.

Oaklands’ upcoming schedule includes home games against Caledonia, Leicester, London and Manchester and road games at London, Newcastle, Essex, Leicester, Manchester and Cardiff. Sheffield’s upcoming schedule includes home games against London, Leicester, Nottingham and Cardiff and road games at Newcastle, Leicester, Essex, London, Oaklands and Caledonia. Both teams continue their schedules after Saturday.

Oaklands has won its first two games by a combined 52 points. Sheffield has one win and one loss. Oaklands will look to Evans for production, while Sheffield will look to Drake. The teams will meet again later in the season, when Sheffield is scheduled to visit Oaklands.

Oaklands scored 93 points against Cardiff and 94 against Nottingham in its first two games. Sheffield got 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists from Drake in its most recent game, with Krisper and Morgan also scoring in double figures. The game is part of each team’s early-season schedule.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Sheffield 86, Oaklands 79.