EVORA, Portugal (Interstat) — Barcelos will visit Evora for a women’s professional basketball game Saturday, with both teams carrying 1-4 records into the matchup. Barcelos enters as the road team after a 76-70 loss at Benfica in its most recent game. Rebecca Taylor led Barcelos in that contest with 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists in 40 minutes. Marta Rodrigues added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Vania Sengo finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, two assists and one block.

Taylor is the player to watch for Barcelos. She scored 26 points with 14 rebounds and seven assists at Benfica, produced 38 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and one block at Esgueira, and had 12 points, 20 rebounds and four assists in a win. Barcelos’ other results this season include a 78-72 home loss to Gdessa Barreiro, an 89-76 road loss at Esgueira, an 82-64 home win against Uniao Sportiva and an 81-71 home loss to CAB Madeira.

Evora will play at home after a 79-77 overtime loss to CDEFF in its most recent game. Jaiteh Fatoumata had 22 points, six rebounds and one assist in 36 minutes. Jakoriah Long scored 24 points and added two rebounds and four assists in 44 minutes, while Taylor Langan had 11 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 43 minutes.

Fatoumata is the player to watch for Evora. She had 22 points and six rebounds in the overtime loss and five points with three rebounds in a win. Evora’s other results this season include a 73-67 road loss at CAB Madeira, a 63-62 road win at Uniao Sportiva, an 86-50 home loss to Sporting CP and a 74-72 home loss to Sanjoanense.

Barcelos and Evora will both be seeking to improve on their 1-4 starts. Barcelos will look to Taylor for scoring and rebounding, while Evora will rely on Fatoumata and Long to carry much of the offensive load. Barcelos will next host SC Coimbroes before home games against Quinta Dos Lombos and Sanjoanense. Evora will next visit Gdessa Barreiro before hosting Esgueira. Barcelos also has road games at Sporting CP, CDEFF, CAB Madeira and Uniao Sportiva ahead. Evora also has road games at Quinta Dos Lombos and SC Coimbroes and a home game against Benfica ahead.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Barcelos 72, Evora 67. Interstat’s ELO system projects Evora with a 61.7 percent probability to win. Barcelos has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3. The over/under for the game is 144.5.