It will be a battle of struggling teams as the Eastern women’s basketball team travels to play Wisconsin 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kohl Center.

Both teams have had slow starts to their seasons by compiling 1-5 records in their first six games.

Eastern head coach Linda Wunder believes that the Badgers would be fairing a lot better if they did not turn the ball over so much.

“They are shooting the ball well and rebounding the ball well,” Wunder said. “The biggest thing for them is that they have just had a lot of turnovers.”

Wisconsin has committed 144 turnovers already this season compared to Eastern’s 125. Wunder plans on applying pressure in hopes of forcing Badger mistakes and turning them into easy baskets.

Wisconsin will try to take advantage of its size down low as the Badgers have three players who are taller than Eastern’s tallest player.

“We are going to try and smother them a little bit, and then make them kick the ball back outside,” Wunder said.

Scoring is spread out all over the floor for the Badgers, whose starting five averages at least eight points per game and have had five different players lead in scoring in their six games.

They are led by junior center Emily Ashbaugh with 10.3 points per game and adding 6.8 rebounds. Wisconsin will be without senior guard Leah Hefte for the fifth consecutive game as she is still out with a dislocated right shoulder. Hefte was averaging nine points per game before the injury.

Wunder is hoping to get more scoring production from her team that is averaging under 58 points per game. She said an entire team effort will be needed to end their two-game losing streak.

They will need success from their big guns, senior forward Brooke Gossett and junior guard Lauren Dailey.

The Panthers will also need continued support from players like freshman guard Megan Sparks who cashed in for 16 points against Southern Illinois on Saturday.

“In order for us to win at Wisconsin, all of our players are going to need to step up,” Wunder said. “We need to have everyone’s play focused for 40 minutes.”

Despite the outcome, Wunder hopes the Panthers can take something out of this game with a few positives and help prepare them for their conference schedule.

“I think if nothing else, it helps us get ready for the conference season,” Wunder said. “Anything that is different is good because you learn to play different ways by playing different teams.”