ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team closes out a road trip with a trip to face the Buffalo Bulls on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m.

MIAMI'S BIG-3: The RedHawks have three of the top-12 scorers in the MAC, highlighted by Ivy Wolf (16.8, 5th), Peyton Scott (15.2, 9th) and Maddi Cluse (14.6, 12th). Combined, the trio scores 47 of Miami's 69 points per contest. 

TOE THE LINE: No one gets to the free throw line more in the Mid-American Conference than the RedHawks. Through 26 games, Miami has attempted 505 (19.4/game) free throws this season. Not only do the RedHawks get to the line ... they make them count. As a team, Miami is third in the conference in free throw percentage (76.4%). Individually, Ivy Wolf ranks first in the MAC (90.8%) and Peyton Scott is fourth (84.8%).

ABOUT BUFFALO: The Bulls are 9-13 overall and 4-9 in Mid-American Conference play. They rank ninth in scoring (63.9) among its conference peers and seventh defensively (65.4). Re'Shawna Stone is tops on the team with a 16.5 scoring average, while Zakiyah Winfield averages 15.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest.

SERIES WITH THE BULLS: This will be the 49th meeting between the two schools with Buffalo holding a 28-20 all-time advantage. UB has won each of the last 15 contests and the RedHawks have not won at Alumni Arena since Feb. 21, 2015.

ROUND TWO WITH UB: These same two teams played just a few weeks ago (Feb. 1), with Buffalo escaping with an 81-76 victory. In the loss, Peyton Scott had 27 points and was joined by Ivy Wolf (12), Amani Freeman (12) and Maddi Cluse (11) in double figures.

NOW "BOARD"ING: The RedHawks rank just ninth in the MAC in rebounding (35.5 boards/game) but, have out-rebounded eight of their last 12 opponents, including +9 on the boards in the win at NIU and +7 versus the WMU Broncos. 

HOME SWEET HOME: Miami is 8-6 at home this season and 1-11 away from Millett Hall. That lone road win was on Jan. 18 at NIU (74-69).

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 is fifth in the MAC in scoring (16.8) and ninth in assists (3.7). She has scored at least 20 points in eight games this year.

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 12th in the MAC with a 14.6 scoring average. She is also sixth in rebounding (7.5). The sophomore has seven double-doubles this season (and one triple-double) after recording just two her freshman campaign.

MAGICAL MILESTONES: The RedHawks have had several individual moments during the 2022-23 season:
• Dec. 11 -- Ivy Wolf scored her 500th career point, the third fastest in program history to do so. 
• Dec. 16 -- Peyton Scott scored her 1,500th career point. 
• Dec. 16 -- Maddi Cluse recorded the second triple-double in program history, registering 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in an 82-56 win over Bradley. The last triple-double for Miami was from Linda Mallender on Dec. 14, 1984.
• Dec. 17 -- Peyton Scott secured her 500th career rebound, becoming just one of three RedHawks in program history to score 1,500 points and record 500 career rebounds. 
• Feb. 8 -- Maddi Cluse scored her 500th career point in the win over WMU.

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.
• Scott suffered an ACL tear on March 5, 2022 at Akron and returned to play on Nov. 21, 2022 against Western Kentucky.
• She has scored 1,790 points and ranks fourth 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 91 times in her career and has surpassed 20 points 34 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 103 of 106 games in her career.

SHOOTING STARS: Miami is having its best season shooting under Coach Hendrix. As a team, Miami is shooting 42.1% from the floor (previous best was 40.3% in 2021-22) and 33.6% from behind the arc (previous best was 29.2% in 2021-22). Miami currently ranks fourth in the MAC as a team in three-point percentage.

SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST: In Amani Freeman's first three years, she combined to score 134 points and pull down 90 rebounds ... TOTAL. This season alone, Freeman has scored 210 points and added 130 rebounds. She has scored in double figures 11 times in her career, 10 coming this season.