The Eastern women’s basketball team will take on Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. Monday in Cooksville, Tenn.

The Panthers are coming off a their second loss in the past six games and the Golden Eagles have lost four of their last six games.

The Golden Eagles are coming off a home win against Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 72-66, which saw five players score in double digits.

Mariah Dean posted a double-double coming off the bench scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the victory.

This will be the 38th meeting between the two schools, which saw Eastern defeat the Golden Eagles 89-79 in Charleston, but Golden Eagle guard Diamond Henderson scored 28 points in the loss to the Panthers.

Henderson, who is averaging 18 points per game this season with a shooting percentage of 42.2 percent, leads the Golden Eagles. She is the only player in the team averaging double digits.

T’Keyah Williams is the next closest player on the team averaging 9.2 points per game.

In three conference games for the Golden Eagles, they are averaging 65.7 points per game and have won two of those games and four of their five wins have come at home this season.

The Panthers will be looking to avoid their second-straight loss after a sub-par performance on Saturday, which saw them only score 16 points in the first half.

Jacksonville State held the Panthers top three scorers to nine points combined in the first half. Jordyne Crunk and Katlyn Payne were held to zero points and Sabina Oroszova had all nine points.

Payne and Crunk are averaging 14.5 and 12.2 points per game in 35 minutes played per game.

Oroszova in 32.9 minutes played per game is averaging a team-leading 18.3 points per game. Her minutes were limited earlier in the season because of foul trouble.

The Panthers are currently ranked second in the OVC West at 2-2 behind Tennessee-Martin who is 4-0 in the conference and Tennessee Tech currently ranks third in the OVC East at 2-1.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.