Loyala and Eastern’s women’s basketball teams are having slow starts so far this season.

Both teams lost their first three games of the year. The Panthers (1-3) won their fourth game of the season in their first home game of the year. They defeated Navy 77-72.

In Chicago, it will be the Ramblers (0-3) looking for their first win of the season on their home court tonight.

In the Panther’s win against Navy, sophomore guard Sara Riva and junior center Allison Collins led the Panthers with 23 points. Both set individual career highs. Collins made 10 of 13 from the field to break her previous career high of 10 points.

Collins is taking advantage of her opportunities while junior center Pam O’Conner is out with a knee injury. In Eastern’s four games this season, she has started in every game and is third on the team in scoring with 10.5 points per game.

Senior forward Brooke Gossett is leading the Panthers with 13.5 points a game, up from 6.3 a year ago. Junior guard Lauren Dailey is showing that she is recovered from a summer foot injury averaging 11.5 ppg. She averaged 11.6 last season.

The Ramblers also have three players averaging in the double digits this season. They are senior center Sarah Hamilton with 12.3 ppg, sophomore guard Ciara Henderson with 12 ppg and junior forward Maggie Toczylowski with 10.7 ppg.