RUZOMBEROK, Slovakia (Interstat) — A women’s professional basketball game is set for Wednesday when Chartres visits Ruzomberok. Chartres enters with a 5-3 record, while Ruzomberok is 5-2. The matchup features two teams with similar early-season form and productive perimeter options.

Chartres will look to Assitan Kone, who has been active on both ends. In the team’s latest game, a 72-63 loss to Flammes, Kone finished with 15 points, six rebounds and one assist in 26 minutes. She also had 14 points and 10 rebounds in a loss at ESB Villeneuve, seven points, five rebounds and three assists in a 102-101 overtime win against Avenida, and six points and one rebound in a win at Chomutov. Yvanna Enjolvy added 12 points, three rebounds and four assists in the latest Chartres game, while Elise Marie contributed five points and four rebounds.

Ruzomberok counters with Andrea Andelova, who has scored consistently in recent games. In the team’s latest result, a 71-65 loss to Namur, Andelova posted 20 points, four rebounds and one assist in 34 minutes. She had 16 points, three rebounds and one assist at Perfumerias Avenida, 18 points and four rebounds at Trencin, and 12 points, five rebounds and two assists against UMB Banska Bystrica. Zoesha Smith added 10 points and 11 rebounds in the latest Ruzomberok game, and Bendu Yeaney scored 17 points with four rebounds and three assists.

Chartres has also picked up wins against Namur, DSK and La Tronche Meylan this season while dropping games to Flammes, Villeneuve and Charnay. Ruzomberok has wins over CBK Kosice, UMB Banska Bystrica, Trencin, Slovan Bratislava and Ivanka pri Dunaji, with losses to Namur and Avenida. Chartres has scored 102 points in an overtime win and 87 in another victory, while Ruzomberok has reached 90 or more points in multiple wins. Both teams have shown the ability to score in bunches, and the game could hinge on which side controls the tempo and gets production beyond its top option.

Chartres’s supporting cast in the latest game included Enjolvy and Marie, while Ruzomberok received a double-double from Smith and a strong scoring effort from Yeaney. The visitors will need to handle Ruzomberok’s home setting and limit extra possessions. Ruzomberok will aim to use its home court and balanced attack to bounce back from its latest defeat. The game is expected to offer a close test between teams with comparable records and key players in form.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ruzomberok 70, Chartres 67.