ORENBURG (Interstat) — Dynamo Kursk will visit Nadezhda on Friday in a women’s professional basketball game. Dynamo Kursk enters with a 3-1 season record, while Nadezhda is 2-1. Both teams will be looking to respond after losses in their most recent games. Dynamo Kursk will be the visiting team, and Nadezhda will be the home team. The game will be played in Orenburg, where Nadezhda is based.

Dynamo Kursk dropped an 83-77 decision to visiting Spartak Moscow in its most recent game. Before that loss, Dynamo Kursk won three straight. The team beat visiting Samara 90-47, won 89-68 at Enisey and earned a 75-57 victory at Dyn Novosibirsk. Dynamo Kursk has played four games this season and will try to regain the form that produced those three wins and avoid a second straight defeat. The visitors will face a Nadezhda team that also is coming off a loss.

Nadezhda fell 74-59 to visiting Dynamo Moscow in its most recent game. Nadezhda opened the season with a 77-67 home win over Ivanovo and a 63-60 home victory over Neftyanik. The home team will be seeking to bounce back and protect its home court against Dynamo Kursk. Nadezhda has played three games this season and will try to return to the form that led to its first two victories.

Dynamo Kursk’s four games this season have produced three wins and one loss. Nadezhda’s three games have produced two wins and one loss. The matchup is part of the women’s professional basketball schedule and gives both teams an early opportunity to add to their records. Dynamo Kursk will look to move to 4-1, while Nadezhda will aim to improve to 3-1.

Dynamo Kursk’s upcoming schedule includes road games at Vladimirskiy, Ivanovo, Neftyanik and Dynamo Moscow. The team also is set to host MBA, UMMC, Dyn Novosibirsk and Enisey before a road game at Samara and a trip to Spartak Moscow. That stretch follows Friday’s game and will test Dynamo Kursk after a strong start to the season. Dynamo Kursk will be home for four of its next 10 games.

Nadezhda’s next games include home contests against Dyn Novosibirsk, Samara, Enisey, Spartak Moscow and MBA. Nadezhda also is scheduled to travel to UMMC, Vladimirskiy, Ivanovo, Neftyanik and Dynamo Moscow. The home team will look to use its home schedule to build momentum in the early part of the season. Nadezhda will be home for five of its next 10 games.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Dynamo Kursk 61, Nadezhda 60.