The Eastern women’s basketball team will go up against Florida State University and North Texas University in the Hospitality Hill Challenge at North Texas University in Denton, Texas.

The Panthers head into this tournament on a two-game losing streak in which they lost to Missouri-Kansas City and Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis during the past week.

Missing layups and open shots have been a problem for the Panthers in their first two games, as they are shooting 28.9 percent from the field and 19 percent from the 3-point line.

Sabina Oroszova currently leads the team with an average of 12.5 points per game this season and Arnisha Thomas is averaging nine points a game.

The Panthers have a tough test to face on Saturday, when they go up against Florida State, which comes into the game with a 2-0 record, averaging just below 100 points a game.

The Seminoles defeated Alabama-Birmingham 92-62 and Bethune-Cookman 103-34 for their first two wins of the season.

Last season, the Seminoles went 21-12 overall and 7-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and lost their best player to the WNBA Draft.

Natasha Howard was selected fifth overall by the Indiana Fever in the draft. She averaged 20.4 points a game on 44.8 percent shooting.

Trying to replace Howard would seem like a tough task, but so far this season the Seminoles are doing an excellent job.

Maegan Conwright is averaging 19 points per game, along with Adut Bulgak, who is averaging 17 points a game.

The Seminoles have three other players averaging more than 10 points per game.

Ivey Slaughter is averaging 16 points per game. Shakayla Thomas, and Emiah Bingley are averaging 12.5 and 10.5 points per game, respectively.

The Seminoles, as a team, are shooting more than 50 percent from the field and 44 percent from the 3-point line.

On Sunday, the Panthers will face, host North Texas University in a battle of winless teams

North Texas is coming off two losses this season at the hands of Houston University and Northern Colorado.

The Mean Green are averaging 45 points per game this season, and shooting 31 percent from the floor.

Also, like the Panthers, the Mean Green is struggling shooting the ball from the 3-point line in which they are shooting 21 percent.

Briesha Wynn is the Mean Green’s leading scorer this season, averaging 12.5 points per game and shooting 35 percent from the floor.

Eboniey Jeter is averaging 12 points per game and is the only other scorer on the Mean Green that is averaging double digit scoring per game.

Eastern and Florida State will tip-off at 5 p.m. at the Super Pit on Friday and the Panthers and Mean Green will tip-off at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].