ISTANBUL (Interstat) — Besiktas will host Ormanspor on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game that matches a 4-2 home side against a 1-4 visiting team. Besiktas enters after a narrow loss, while Ormanspor arrives following a win and will look to build momentum behind Shyla Heal.

Ormanspor’s most recent result was a 64-57 victory over Melikgazi Kayseri. Heal finished with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in 29 minutes. Kristine Anigwe added 14 points and 11 rebounds in 32 minutes, and Merve Ari contributed 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 26 minutes. Heal has also scored 10 points with 4 assists in a 72-67 loss at Nesibe Aydin, 18 points with 4 assists in a 94-78 loss to Emlak Konut, and 15 points with 3 rebounds in a 90-64 loss at CBK Mersin. Ormanspor’s other results this season include losses to Nesibe Aydin, Emlak Konut, CBK Mersin and Istanbul GSK. Ormanspor’s win over Kayseri was its first of the season. The visiting side will also lean on Anigwe inside after her double-double in the latest victory, while Ari provides additional backcourt support. Ormanspor will need Heal to remain productive while finding support from Anigwe and Ari.

Besiktas’s most recent result was a 76-73 loss to ESB Villeneuve. Jennie Simms produced 14 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in 36 minutes. Jillian Alleyne scored 20 points with 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in 32 minutes, and Meltem Yildizhan had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in 33 minutes. Simms has filled the stat sheet throughout the recent stretch, with 9 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists at Botas; 16 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists at Brandys nad Labem; and 7 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists against Fenerbahce. Besiktas has won four of its first six games. Its recent wins include an 83-48 victory at Brandys nad Labem, an 81-69 home win over Fenerbahce, an 83-49 win at Turgutlu and a 65-56 home win over Kayseri. Besiktas’s other loss this season came at Botas. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season at Ormanspor. Ormanspor is 1-4 after five games. Besiktas will aim to control the boards and use Simms’s all-around play to set the pace.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Besiktas 78, Ormanspor 64. Besiktas has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -16, and the over/under for the game is 146.5.