RedHawks Return Home to Face Loyola

Miami RedHawks (1-4, 0-0 MAC) vs. Loyola Ramblers (2-4, 0-0 A-10)
Monday, Nov. 28 • 7 p.m.
Millett Hall • Oxford, Ohio
TV: ESPN3 • Steve Baker (PxP) and Carol Smith (Analyst)
Radio: Miami Sports Network/TuneIn App • Tim Bray

ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team returns home to face Loyola on Monday, Nov. 28. Opening tip is set for 7 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. She has scored at least 17 points in four of five contests this season, including 23 on Saturday at Evansville. She is currently second on the team at 15.8 points per contest.

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 ranks second in the MAC with a 19.2 scoring average. She is also ninth in rebounding (7.0).

WELCOME BACK: Peyton Scott suffered a knee injury in the last game of the 2021-22 campaign and made her season debut last Monday (Nov. 21) against the Lady Toppers of WKU. Scott, who is working with limited minutes, played nine minutes in her debut and saw 15 minutes of action at Evansville.

EVANSVILLE RECAP: Sophomores Ivy Wolf and Maddi Cluse combined for 45 points, but it was not enough as the Miami University women's basketball team dropped a 97-72 decision to Evansville on Saturday afternoon. Evansville (3-2) shot 54% from the floor, compared to Miami's (1-4) 39.7%. Wolf scored a season-high 23 points and Cluse added 22 in the loss. Wolf contributed five assists and four rebounds and Cluse recorded a team-best five rebounds.

ABOUT LOYOLA: Loyola is 2-4 on the season and snapped a three-game losing streak on Friday with a 69-56 win over Saint Francis (Pa.). The Ramblers features three double-digit scorers, led by Maya Chandler (13.5), Sophia Nolan (11.5) and Anna Brown (10.2).

SERIES WITH LOYOLA: Miami is 0-2 all-time versus the Ramblers, including last season's 69-52 loss. These two teams played on the same date a year ago (Nov. 28, 2021) in Chicago.

HOME SWEET HOME: Monday's contest begins a stretch of four of five games at Millett Hall. The RedHawks will also host Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 2), Bradley (Dec. 16) and Oakland (Dec. 17). The only road contest during this stretch is 60 minutes away at Northern Kentucky on Dec. 11.

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 1,448 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 55 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 this 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.

ALL STREAKS COME TO AN END: Sophomore Ivy Wolf had a streak of 30-straight free throw makes snapped last Monday night. She entered the contest 21-for-21 and made her next nine, before missing a free throw late in loss to WKU.

MORE FROM MORROW: After being shutout in her debut against Xavier, Morrow recorded back-to-back career-highs in points. She scored 12 points in a win over Vermont and five days later added 14 on the road at Memphis.

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.

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Players Mentioned

Maddi Cluse

Jessie Dai

Amani Freeman

Sierra Morrow

Riley Neal

Peyton Scott

Ivy Wolf