ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team returns to Michigan to face the Oakland Grizzlies on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m.

ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST: Glenn Box recorded his first career win as head coach on Nov. 27 in a thrilling 58-57 overtime win over Xavier.

GREAT SCOTT: Senior Jadyn Scott currently leads the team in scoring (13.6) and rebounding (4.4). She has led the team in scoring six times this season, surpassing 20 points twice.

IN WITH THE NEW: Head Coach Glenn Box and his staff brought in eight new players for the 2023-24 campaign. Joining the RedHawks are four transfers and four freshmen, including one from Spain and two from Canada.

ROAD WARRIORS: Thursday will be Miami's sixth road game of the season and the RedHawks don't return home until Jan. 3 for a Mid-American Conference game against Toledo. Miami will play just one home game the entire month of December.

ABOUT OAKLAND: Oakland is currently 4-5 on the season, which includes a 78-65 loss to Toledo last Sunday. The Grizzlies feature four double-digit scorers, led by Markyia McCormick (12.4) and Linda van Schaik (11.7).

SERIES WITH THE GRIZZLIES: This is just the fourth meeting between the two schools, with Oakland holding a slight 2-1 advantage. The Grizzlies won last season's meeting 82-74 in Oxford.

MICHIGAN RECAP: Jadyn Scott scored 11 points and Jada Scott added 10, but the Miami University women's basketball team fell 75-49 to Michigan last Saturday afternoon. 

YOUTH MOVEMENT: Head Coach Glenn Box has made a youth movement with the team. He regularly starts three or four freshman each night, and freshmen Lakresha Edwards, Amber Tretter and Núria Jurjo have started each of the past five contests. Maddy Huhn has started all but one game this year.

NEW IMPACT: Miami's newcomers have dominated the box score this season, recording 90% of the points, 89% of the rebounds, 92% of field goals made and 91% of minutes played. 

RICHASON OUT: Junior Katey Richason has missed each of the past two games and her return is yet to be determined. She is Miami's top returning scorer (3.9 points/game in 2022-23). After scoring in double-figures just three times in her first two seasons, Richason scored nine points at Vermont, and had her second career double-double (11 pts. and 11 rebs.) in the win over Xavier. 

SISTER, SISTER: Twin sisters Jadyn and Jada Scott were four-year letter winners for the Cincinnati Bearcats before joining Miami. The duo combined to play in 194 games in their career at UC. Last season Jadyn was eighth on the team in scoring (3.6), while Jada was 11th (1.8). In their first year with the RedHawks the duo ranks first and fifth for Miami in scoring.

WOMAN OF STEAL: Since seeing a major increase in playing time, junior guard Cori Lard has made a living on the defensive side of the ball. She has 12 steals over her past five games (missed MSU contest), including a career best five steals versus Western Kentucky.

EDWARDS EXPLOSION: After scoring five total points in Miami's first three games, freshman Lakresha Edwards has combined for 48 points over the past five contests. She had a career-best 15 points at EKU and added 14 points in the win over Xavier. She has made 11 triples over her last five games.

CATCHING ON QUICK: Amber Tretter has seen action in all eight games this season, scoring in double figures twice. She scored a career-best 14 points in the loss to Dayton and back on Dec. 3 and had eight rebounds at Michigan State. The freshman's highlight moment to this point though has to be the game-winning overtime bucket versus Xavier with 6.5 seconds to play.