NOVI SAD (Interstat) — Partizan will try to remain unbeaten Saturday when it visits Novosadska in a women’s professional basketball game. Partizan enters with a 3-0 record, while Novosadska is 1-2.

Partizan won its most recent game 69-52 at home against Radivoj Korac. Jessenia Lawson had 12 points, eight rebounds and one block in 22 minutes. Izabel Varejao played 25 minutes and added 12 points, nine rebounds, one assist and two blocks. Andelina Radic played 26 minutes and finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and two assists. Partizan also has a 79-72 win at Ras and an 83-75 overtime home win against Student Nis.

Lawson is the player to watch for Partizan. She played 22 minutes against Radivoj Korac and recorded 12 points, eight rebounds and one block. She had 14 points and six rebounds in 18 minutes at Ras. Against Student Nis, she finished with seven points, seven rebounds and three assists in 17 minutes. Lawson has reached double figures in two of Partizan’s three games and has grabbed at least six rebounds in each of her past three appearances.

Novosadska lost its most recent game 74-53 at Kraljevo. Tamara Jovancevic scored 18 points and added four rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes. Andela Jekic played 25 minutes and had two points, nine rebounds, two assists and one block. Dragana Jovicic played 21 minutes and contributed seven points and four rebounds. Novosadska also lost at home to Crvena Zvezda 87-50 and opened the season with a 53-46 win at Spartak.

Jovancevic is the player to watch for Novosadska. She scored 18 points in 23 minutes at Kraljevo after finishing with two points and one rebound in 19 minutes against Crvena Zvezda. Jovancevic led Novosadska in scoring in its most recent game. She had two points, one rebound and one assist in 19 minutes against Crvena Zvezda.

Partizan is scheduled to host Duga next. Novosadska is set to visit Nibak Nis. Partizan will then travel to Spartak before hosting Crvena Zvezda. It also has upcoming games at Kraljevo and against Vojvodina, Nibak Nis, Mega MIS, Student Nis, Ras and Korac. Novosadska will host Mega MIS and later play at Student Nis, against Ras, at Korac, at Vojvodina, against Duga, against Spartak and at Crvena Zvezda, with a home game against Kraljevo also ahead. Both teams continue an early-season stretch of league play.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Partizan 79, Novosadska 75.