ON TAP: No. 11 Miami (11-19, 4-14 Mid-American Conference) travels to No. 6 Buffalo (18-11, 9-9 MAC) for the first round of the MAC Tournament on Monday. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. Fans can listen to the game on The Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner and watch on ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT: Senior Lauren Dickerson became Miami's all-time leading scorer in the RedHawks' regular-season finale loss at Ohio on Saturday. Dickerson had a game-high 25 points as she now has 2,186 career points. Senior Savannah Kluesner moved into 10th on Miami's all-time scoring list with 23 points on Saturday and now totals 1,328 career points. Vannessa Garrelts had a career-high 10 points on Saturday. Dickerson and Kluesner lead Miami's offense this season with an average of 17.2 and 16.0 points per game. Kluesner also leads the RedHawks with 8.8 rebounds per game. Peyton Soctt is the final RedHawk to average double figures with 12.4 ppg. Miami is second in the league in turnover margin (3.55), assist/turnover ratio (0.98), blocks per game (3.76) and steals per game (9.41).
 
ABOUT BUFFALO: The Bulls enter Monday's game on a five-game win streak after beginning the conference season 4-9. Buffalo beat MAC East leader Kent State on Saturday by a 72-58 margin to wrap up the regular season. Dyaisha Fair led a trio of double-figure scorers for the Bulls with 25 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double. Fair leads the Buffalo offense this season with 21.3 points per game, a mark that's second in the MAC. Theresa Onwuka averages 14.9 points per game and a team-leading 7.4 rebounds per game. Buffalo has the best rebounding offense (42.7), rebounding margin (4.3) and averages the most offensive rebounds per game (15.8) in the MAC.

SERIES WITH THE BULLS: Buffalo leads the all-time series with Miami 22-20 and is on a nine-game win streak within the series entering Monday's matchup. The Bulls won both of the teams' previous meetings this season, 86-72 on Jan. 4 in Oxford and 88-72 on Feb. 26 in Buffalo. At Buffalo, both Dickerson and Kluesner had a 20-point game while Scott also scored in double figures with 14 points. In the MAC opener in Oxford, Dickerson dropped 32 points while Kluesner picked up a double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Scott reached double figures (10 points).

LOOKING AHEAD: The winner of the Monday game will travel to Cleveland to play No. 3 Kent State on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.