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ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team travels to face the Memphis Tigers on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.

HUNGRY LIKE A WOLF: After an outstanding freshman campaign, where she averaged 12.6 points per contest,  sophomore Ivy Wolf has taken the next step in her career. The Minster, Ohio native is averaging 17.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.5 steals per contest this season.

GETTING A CLUE: After an up and down freshman season, where Maddi Cluse averaged 6.5 points per contest, the second-year RedHawk seems to have things figured out in 2022-23. Cluse currently leads the MAC in scoring at 27.0 points per contests. She also ranks eighth in rebounding (8.5/game). The sophomore has led Miami in scoring both games this season.

WAITING ON PEYTON: Peyton Scott suffered a knee injury in the last game of the 2021-22 campaign and should be ready to return soon. Scott, a preseason first-team All-MAC selection this year, averaged 19.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest a season ago.

VERMONT RECAP: Maddi Cluse poured in a career-high 30 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Miami University women's basketball team led start to finish in a 79-73 win over Vermont last Friday. Ivy Wolf added 18 points for the RedHawks, with 16 of those coming in the opening quarter. Amani Freeman (14 points) and Sierra Morrow (12 points) also scored in double figures for Miami. 

NEW FACES, NEW PLACES: Miami has three new additions from last season on the roster. Riley Neal is the lone freshman and is joined by transfers Sierra Morrow (Bradley) and Jessie Dai (Odessa College). Neal averaged 21.6 points and 10 rebounds per game last season as a senior at North Oldham High School in Prospect, Ky., while Morrow averaged 6.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and was 70th in the nation with 1.6 blocks per contest. Dai averaged 11.3 points and 4.5 rebounds last season at Odessa College.

ABOUT MEMPHIS: Memphis is 1-1 on the season with a 77-69 loss versus versus Columbia and a 101-54 win over Howard on Nov. 12. The Tigers feature three double-figure scorers, led by Madison Griggs (18.0), Jamirah Shutes (17.5) and Emani Jefferson (11.0). Jefferson is also tops on the squad with 6.5 rebounds per contest.

SERIES WITH MEMPHIS: This will be the first meeting between the two schools.

GREAT SCOTT: Senior guard Peyton Scott has accomplished a ton since arriving in Oxford, all while maintaining a 3.78 grade-point average and majoring in sports leadership and management.
• She has scored 1,441 points and ranks ninth all-time on Miami's scoring list.
• Scott was named to the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Award Watch List.
• Two seasons ago, she scored 30-plus points in five different games, including 39 versus Ball State, a new Millett Hall record. She has surpassed 30-plus points six different times in her career.
• She has scored in double figures in 50 of her last 53 contests.
• Named second-team All-MAC the past two seasons and was on the MAC All-Freshman team in 2019-20.
• Scott started the first 83 games of her career at Miami before missing the season opener versus Xavier.

GIVE HER A HAND: Senior Amani Freeman missed 17 games last season with a hand injury, but is completely healthy entering the season. Last year she opened with 10 points and four rebounds at Valpo and added nine points and four blocks at Purdue in 24 minutes of action before exiting with the hand injury. Freeman scored a career-best 14 points in the win over Vermont.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING: Sophomore Ivy Wolf has currently made 21 straight foul shots, dating back to last season. She made her final three free throws versus Ohio (Mar. 2, 2022), was 10-of-10 at Akron (Mar. 5, 2022) and is a perfect 8-of-8 this season.