RedHawks Host Bradley and Oakland on Dec. 16-17

Friday, December 16

Oxford, Ohio

7 p.m.

Miami University

Bradley

RedHawks Host Bradley and Oakland on Dec. 16-17

12/12/2022 1:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

Miami RedHawks (3-5, 0-0 MAC)
vs. Bradley Braves (5-4, 0-0, Valley) - Fri., Dec. 16 • 7 p.m.
vs. Oakland Grizzlies (4-4, 1-1 Horizon) - Sat., Dec. 17 • 5:30 p.m.
Millett Hall • Oxford, Ohio
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Miami Sports Network/TuneIn App • Tim Bray

ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team plays back to back nights this weekend at Millett Hall. They host Bradley University on Friday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. and follow that up with a 5:30 p.m. tilt against Oakland a day later.

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. Wolf leads the team (and is second in the MAC) with a 18.5 scoring average and has scored at least 17 points in seven of eight games this year. Wolf also ranks fifth in the MAC with 4.0 assists per game and 19 made three-pointers. She is also second-best in the conference, with a 93.5 percentage from the free throw line.

WELCOME BACK: Peyton Scott suffered a knee injury in the last game of the 2021-22 campaign and made her season debut on Monday (Nov. 21) against the Lady Toppers of WKU. Scott, a 2022-23 first-team preseason All-MAC honoree, played a season-high 31 minutes at NKU, finishing with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists.

NKU RECAP: Second half offensive struggles doomed the Miami University women's basketball team in a 75-66 loss at Northern Kentucky last Sunday. Ivy Wolf (20), Peyton Scott (19), and Maddi Cluse (16) led the way, but after securing a 46-37 lead at the half, the RedHawks were outscored 38-20 in the final 20 minutes of play.

ABOUT BRADLEY: Bradley is 3-5 on the season, but snapped a two-game losing streak with a 72-61 victory over Eastern Illinois on Dec. 6. The Braves are led by Caroline Waite, who averages 14.9 points per contest.

SERIES WITH BRADLEY: This will be the fifth meeting between the two schools with Bradley holding a 3-1 all-time series advantage. These two teams last competed on Nov. 23, 2019, a contest Bradley won. Back then, freshman Peyton Scott had 14 points and six rebounds.

ABOUT OAKLAND: Oakland is 4-4 on the year and recently picked up a 66-64 win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Dec. 4. Offensively, they feature a balanced attack, as five scorers average over 8.6 points per contest. Linda Van Schaik is tops on the team at 11.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

SERIES WITH OAKLAND: Saturday will be just the third meeting between the two programs. In the most recent meeting, Miami captured a 65-54 victory back on Dec. 5, 2015.

CLEAN THE GLASS: On the season, the RedHawks are -2.7 in rebounding margin per game, but over the last three games, Miami has out-rebounded their opponents 108-89. The RedHawks out-rebounded Loyola 37-30 and won the board battle 40-27 over EKU. NKU outrebounded Miami 32-31 last Sunday.

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 1,493 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 74 times in her career and has surpassed 20 points 27 different times.
• Named second-team All-MAC the past two seasons and was on the MAC All-Freshman team in 2019-20.
• Scott has started 85 of 88 games in her career.

MORE FROM MORROW: After being shutout in her debut against Xavier, Sierra Morrow (a Bradley transfer) has scored in double-figures in four of her last six games. She scored a career-high 14 points at Memphis and is coming off back-to-back 11 point efforts versus Loyola and EKU (both Miami wins).

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 third in the MAC with a 17.4 scoring average. She is also fifth in rebounding (7.8) and fourth in shooting percentage (.485).

500/1,500 AND COUNTING: Peyton Scott has played in 88 career games is just seven points away from 1,500 in her career. Scott would be just the eighth RedHawks in program history to surpass 1,500 career points. Lauren Dickerson passed 1,500 points in her 86th game and Courtney Osborn did the same in game 89. Scott also has 492 career rebounds and would become just the third RedHawks to score 1,500 points and secure 500 career rebounds.