Bourges at Montpellier

MONTPELLIER (Interstat) — Bourges will visit Montpellier on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game between teams that opened their seasons with wins and will look to move to 2-0.

Bourges is 1-0 after an 81-67 home victory over Landerneau. Montpellier is 1-0 after an 83-77 road win at Charnay. Both teams will look to remain unbeaten in the early part of the season.

Ines Pitarch Granel is a player to watch for Bourges. In the team’s most recent game, she finished with 12 points, six rebounds and six assists in 21 minutes. Paule Dalle Marie added 19 points, two rebounds and two assists in 24 minutes, while Shakayla Thomas contributed 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes. Bourges won that game by 14 points.

Sarah Cisse is a player to watch for Montpellier. In the team’s most recent game, she recorded 26 points, six rebounds and one block in 29 minutes. Garance Rabot added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes, and Oumou Diarisso had five points, 11 rebounds and four assists in 27 minutes. Montpellier won that game by six points.

Bourges will play on the road for the first time this season. Montpellier will play at home for the first time this season. The game features two teams that have started the season successfully and are looking to remain unbeaten.

Bourges’ schedule after the Montpellier game includes a home game against Chartres, a road game at Lyon, a road game at USK Prague, a home game against Toulouse, a home game against Emlak, a road game at Landes, a road game at Lublin, a road game at Flammes, a home game against USK Prague and a home game against La Tronche Meylan.

Montpellier’s upcoming schedule includes a road game at Angers, a home game against Villeneuve, a home game against Ensino, a road game at Flammes, a road game at Panseraikos, a home game against La Tronche Meylan, a road game at Gorzow W’polski, a road game at Chartres, a road game at Ensino and a home game against Toulouse.

The matchup will be played in Montpellier, with Bourges as the visiting team. Both clubs enter with 1-0 records. Bourges scored 81 points in its opener, while Montpellier scored 83 points in its opener. The teams will meet for the first time this season.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Bourges 79, Montpellier 75.