GEELONG, Victoria (Interstat) — Canberra will visit Geelong on Saturday for a women’s professional basketball game between teams that enter with matching 1-1 season records. Geelong will be the home team, and Canberra will be the visiting team. Both teams have split their first two games. Canberra enters after a loss at Sydney, while Geelong enters after a home win over Southside.

Canberra will look to Nyadiew Puoch as a player to watch. In her most recent outing, an 82-70 loss at Sydney, Puoch finished with 19 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 32 minutes. In her previous game, a 94-92 home win over Bendigo, she had 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and one block in 36 minutes. Canberra’s most recent result was that 82-70 loss at Sydney. Megan McConnell added 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and one block in 32 minutes, while Amy Atwell scored 18 points and collected four rebounds and one assist in 35 minutes. Canberra’s other result this season was a 94-92 home win over Bendigo.

Geelong will counter with Alexandra Sharp as a player to watch. Sharp posted 14 points, 13 rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes in Geelong’s most recent game, a 74-69 home win over Southside. In her previous appearance, a 103-90 loss at Tasmania Jewels, she had six points, eight rebounds and one assist in 32 minutes. In the win over Southside, Indiah Bowyer added 17 points, one rebound and three assists in 30 minutes, while Han Xu had 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in 29 minutes. Geelong’s other result this season was the 103-90 loss at Tasmania Jewels.

Canberra’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to Bendigo, a home game against Townsville, home games against Tasmania Jewels and Geelong, a trip to Perth, another trip to Tasmania Jewels, a home game against Bendigo and a visit to Southside. Geelong’s upcoming slate includes a trip to Bendigo, a home game against Townsville, a home game against Perth, a trip to Adelaide, a home game against Southside, a trip to Canberra, a home game against Townsville, a home game against Tasmania Jewels, another trip to Bendigo and a home game against Adelaide. The teams are scheduled to meet again when Geelong visits Canberra later in the schedule.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Geelong 74, Canberra 72. Geelong has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 7. The over/under for the game is 158.5.