ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team hits the road to face Akron on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. inside James A. Rhodes Arena.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Freshman Amber Tretter has nine double-digit scoring performances this season and is coming off her best outing as a RedHawk, finishing with career-bests in points (27) and rebounds (16) in the loss to Central Michigan. It was Tretter's second-straight double-double after scoring 19 points and adding 12 rebounds at Ohio.

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

SWINGING 60'S: Miami is 2-2 this season when scoring at least 60 points and 2-13 when it fails to reach that mark. Miami beat Xavier earlier this season with 58 points and had a 56-point victory over BGSU.

TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN: When observing the current Mid-American Conference standings, Miami has already played five games against the top-half of the league. Five of Miami's final nine contests are against teams in the bottom-half of the league standings.

HOME SWEET HOME: The schedule makers also helped Miami the second-half of the 2023-24 season. Miami will play three of its next four games at home (have only had seven home games up to this point) and will play five of their final nine MAC games inside Millett Hall.

ABOUT AKRON: Akron is 7-12 overall and 2-7 in MAC play, and won just twice in the month of January. Offensively, the Zips are led by Reagan Bass (17.8 ppg.) and Morgan Haney (10.2 ppg.). Bass also leads the MAC at 11.1 rebounds/game.

SERIES WITH THE ZIPS: This will be the 63rd meeting between the two schools, with Miami holding a 39-23 series advantage. Akron has won the last seven contests and the RedHawks have not beaten the Zips since March 9, 2019.

CMU RECAP: After falling behind 14-0 early in the first, Miami took an early third quarter lead before faltering late to Central Michigan on Wednesday night, 64-59. Amber Tretter finished the contest with 27 points and 16 rebounds, while Cori Lard added 12 and Hennessey Luu-Brown chipped in with 10.

BENCH PRESS: Recently, Miami added 26 bench points at Ball State, 27 at EMU and 29 in the win over Western Michigan, but over Miami's last two games, the bench has combined to register just six points (two in the loss to CMU). Much of Miami's bench issues can be contributed to Katey Richason and Lakresha Edwards missing the past several contests. 

GREAT SCOTT: Senior Jadyn Scott currently ranks 17th in the MAC in scoring (10.1) and is third in the league in field goal percentage (47.3%). She has led Miami in scoring eight times this year and has surpassed 20 points twice.

RETURN OF THE MAC: Since MAC play has begun, Richason has averaged 9.3 points and 8.3 rebounds a game. Miami is 2-0 this season when Richason records a double-double. The junior, who has missed the last three games with an injury had 10 points and nine rebounds in a win over Bowling Green and added career-best in points (15) and rebounds (13) at WMU, also a Miami win.

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: Junior Cori Lard ranks fourth in the MAC with 2.0 steals per contest. She had a career-high five steals against Western Kentucky and has multiple steals in a game 10 times this season. She has had at least four steals in a game five different times this year.

REAL STEAL: Speaking of steals, Miami has 65 steals over their past six games, including a season-best 15 in the loss at Eastern Michigan. The RedHawks have recorded double-digit steals five times this season, four coming in the last 21 days.

NEW ADDITION: Jessie Gauna, a freshman on the Miami field hockey team, joined the RedHawks basketball program on Monday, Jan. 26 to add some much needed depth to the roster. She averaged 10 points per game and was a second-team all-league member her senior year of high school.