OXFORD, Ohio— Peyton Scott scored 20 points, including the game-tying jumper with 3.9 seconds to play, but Western Kentucky got an offensive rebound and putback at the buzzer to top Miami 60-58 at Millett Hall Wednesday. The RedHawks (4-4) led 56-49 with 90 seconds to play before the Lady Toppers (6-4) used a 9-0 run to take a late lead.
 
Scott finished with a game-high six assists and added four steals, while Edyn Battle scored a career-high 12 points. Maddi Cluse had a career-high 11 rebounds and career-high four steals for Miami.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Neither team was able to find the range offensively early. Miami got out to an 8-2 lead before WKU rallied to cut it to 12-11. Tajah Foster-Walker hit the RedHawks' first three-pointer as time expired in the opening quarter to give Miami an 18-13 advantage.
• The second period was also a back-and-forth defensive struggle. Miami maintained a slight lead despite only shooting 1-13 from behind the arc for the half and went to intermission ahead 26-24.
• After the Lady Toppers took their first lead at 28-26, the RedHawks responded with a 9-2 run to go back on top, capped by a Vannessa Garrelts three-pointer. The RedHawks led 43-35 after 30 minutes of play.
• Miami enjoyed its largest lead at 48-37 after a Katie Davidson basket with 7:30 remaining. WKU answered back with eight straight points to stay close.
• Leading 50-49, the RedHawks scored six points in a row before WKU went on one last spurt to take a 58-56 lead.
• Off a sideline out-of-bounds play with 7.2 seconds to play, Scott caught the ball at the right elbow, spun, pump faked for a defender to fly by, and drained a mid-range jumper to tie the score at 58-all.
• The Lady Toppers called timeout to advance the ball to the frontcourt and set up the final sequence, ending with Mya Meredith's buzzer-beater from the left block.

           
NOTES

• The RedHawks' 60 points allowed matched the team's best defensive output of the season (60 for Valparaiso in the season opener)
• Miami forced 24 WKU turnovers, the RedHawks' sixth time in eight games this year forcing 20 or more turnovers.
• Battle scored in double figures for the third time in the last four games.
• Miami outscored WKU 23-2 in points off the bench.
• The RedHawks were 5-7 at the foul line; WKU finished 11-19.

 
UP NEXT:
The RedHawks travel to Purdue Sunday, Dec. 19 for a non-conference game against the Boilermakers. Tip time is set for 2 p.m. ET in West Lafayette, Ind.