MONTPELLIER (Interstat) — Montpellier will host Villeneuve on Saturday in a women’s professional basketball game, with the home side seeking to remain unbeaten and the visitors aiming to recover from a difficult start. Montpellier enters at 3-0. Villeneuve is 1-2. Villeneuve will be the visiting team. Montpellier will be the home team. Montpellier has scored 90, 83 and 79 points in its three wins. Villeneuve has scored 70, 44 and 59 points in its three games. Montpellier has allowed 83, 77 and 68 points. Villeneuve has allowed 55, 57 and 74 points. The game is part of the women’s professional basketball schedule. The matchup pits Montpellier’s early-season momentum against a Villeneuve team searching for consistency on both ends.

Villeneuve dropped its most recent game to Landerneau 74-59. Stephanie Kostowicz led Villeneuve with 29 minutes, 13 points, five rebounds and two assists. Marie Michelle Milapie added 35 minutes, 11 points and seven rebounds, while Maria Jespersen contributed 23 minutes, 12 points and two rebounds. Earlier this season, Villeneuve lost at Landes 57-44 and beat Toulouse 70-55. Montpellier’s wins came against Bourges, Charnay Bourgogne Sud and Angers. Villeneuve’s win came against Toulouse, with losses to Landes and Landerneau. Kostowicz, the player to watch for Villeneuve, had 28 minutes, seven points, three rebounds and one assist at Landes. She posted 25 minutes, 12 points, 10 rebounds and one assist against Toulouse. Kostowicz also had 29 minutes, 13 points, five rebounds and two assists against Landerneau.

Montpellier won its most recent game at Angers 79-68. Garance Rabot paced Montpellier with 30 minutes, 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Sarah Cisse added 29 minutes, 10 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. Laura Zolper finished with 22 minutes, 17 points, three rebounds and two assists. Montpellier also beat Bourges 90-83 at home and won at Charnay Bourgogne Sud 83-77. Rabot, the player to watch for Montpellier, had 26 minutes, nine points, 10 rebounds and five assists against Bourges. She recorded 29 minutes, 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists at Charnay Bourgogne Sud. Rabot also had 30 minutes, 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists at Angers.

Villeneuve’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Brandys nad Labem, Chartres, Angers, Flammes and Maccabi Bnot, plus road games at Lyon, Besiktas, Brandys nad Labem, Charnay and Maccabi Bnot. Montpellier is set to host Ensino, La Tronche Meylan, Toulouse, Landerneau and Panseraikos, and will travel to Flammes, Panseraikos, Gorzow W’polski, Chartres and Ensino. Both teams will continue busy stretches after Saturday’s meeting.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Montpellier 76, Villeneuve 71.