Women's Basketball Hosts Kent State Wednesday

Wednesday, January 10

Oxford, Ohio

7 p.m.

Miami University

Kent State

Photo by: Will Corey

Women's Basketball Hosts Kent State Wednesday

1/8/2024 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball welcomes Kent State to town on Wednesday, Jan. 10 for a 7 p.m. Mid-American Conference showdown.

GREAT SCOTT: Senior Jadyn Scott currently ranks 12th in the MAC in scoring (12.3) and is tops in the league in field goal percentage (52.4%). She has led Miami in scoring seven times this year and has surpassed 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: Wednesday will be Miami's fifth home game this season and just the second home contest for the RedHawks since the beginning of December.

ABOUT KENT STATE: Kent State is 8-4 overall and 2-0 in MAC play heading into Wednesday's contest. The Golden Flashes have won four straight, including wins at Buffalo (73-64) and at home to the Ohio Bobcats (92-63) to open conference play. KSU leads the MAC in scoring (74.5 ppg.) with six players averaging at least 7.2 points/contest. Katie Shumate is tops on the team at 11.8 ppg. and 6.8 rpg.

SERIES WITH THE GOLDEN FLASHES: This will be the 99th meeting between the two schools, with Kent State holding a 50-48 series advantage. The Flashes are 6-2 over the past eight contest, but Miami downed the Flashes 84-76 in overtime in their lone meeting a year ago.

NIU RECAP: Miami led 46-43 with nine minutes left in the contest before dropping a 58-48 decision to Northern Illinois last Saturday. Amber Tretter led the way for Miami with 14 points and nine rebounds and Lakresha Edwards and Katey Richason each chipped in with 11 points.

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 and Amber Tretter have started each of the past nine contests. Freshmen Maddy Huhn (9) and Núria Jurjo (8) have started 17 combined games for the Red and White as well.

NEW IMPACT: Miami's newcomers have dominated the box score this season, recording 89% of the points, 87% of the rebounds, 89% of field goals made and 91% of minutes played.

RICHASON RETURNS: After missing four-straight games from Dec. 6-21, junior Katey Richason returned to the lineup versus Austin Peay on Dec. 30. Richason had six points and six rebounds in just 14 minutes of action versus the Governors. Since MAC play has begun, Richason has averaged 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds a game. She has also connected on 9-of-16 field goals over the past two contests.

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.

EDWARDS EXPLOSION: After scoring five total points in Miami's first three games, freshman Lakresha Edwards has scored double-digits five different times, including a career best 15 points at Eastern Kentucky and 14 in a win over Xavier. She made a career-high four triples in the win over Xavier and six different times she has made multiple three-pointers in a game.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Since Dec. 9, Freshman Amber Tretter is averaging 11.5 points per contest, including a career-best 19 in the win over Oakland. She has five double-digit scoring performances this season and has shot over 50% in five of her last six games.

CLOSING IN ON 500: Jadyn Scott has scored 490 career points, 10 shy of 500 for her career. She scored 343 points in 102 games with the Cincinnati Bearcats and has posted 149 points this year with the Red and White.

GOING THE DISTANCE: Both of Miami's victories this season have come in overtime. Miami picked up its first win of the year in a 58-57 overtime victory against Xavier (Nov. 27) and added a 68-66 OT win at Oakland on Dec. 21.

WOMAN OF STEAL: Junior Cori Lard ranks sixth in the MAC with 1.9 steals per contest. She had a career-high five steals against Western Kentucky and is coming off four steals at NIU.