ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team plays its third-straight home contest on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. versus the Western Michigan Broncos.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Amber Tretter has recorded five-straight double-doubles and is averaging 17.8 points and 12.3 rebounds per game since Jan. 27. Overall, the freshman is second in scoring (10.5) and first in rebounding (7.1) for Miami. She has seven double-doubles this season and has led Miami in scoring in four of the past five games.

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 3-2 this season when scoring at least 60 points and 3-14 when it fails to reach that mark. Miami beat Xavier earlier this season with 58 points and had a 56-point victory over BGSU.

HOME SWEET HOME: The schedule makers helped Miami the second-half of the 2023-24 season. Miami will play four of their final seven regular season games at home, while having just seven home games from Nov. 6-Feb. 3.

ABOUT WESTERN MICHIGAN: Western Michigan is 10-12 overall and 5-6 in MAC play this season, but are 5-3 in their last eight contests, which includes five MAC wins. WMU ranks ninth in the MAC in scoring at 61.1 points per game and are led by Kaitlyn Zarycki (19.0) and Maggie Stutelberg (10.8).

SERIES WITH THE BRONCOS: This will be the 74th meeting between the two schools with Miami holding a slight 39-34 all-time advantage. Miami has won six of the past eight meetings, including a 64-50 win on Jan. 13.

ROUND TWO WITH THE BRONCOS: These same two teams competed a month ago in Kalamazoo with the RedHawks capturing a 14-point win (64-50). Miami shot 52.1% from the floor as Katey Richason had career-high in points (15) and rebounds (13).

GEORGIA STATE RECAP: Four starters scored in double digits as Miami claimed an 80-63 victory over Georgia State last Saturday afternoon in Millett Hall. Jadyn Scott scored a career-high 27 points (21 in the second half), while Amber Tretter added 16 points and 12 rebounds for her fifth-straight double-double. Cori Lard posted a career-high 14 points and Hennessey Luu-Brown chipped in with 10. Miami added a season-best 38 points in the paint and 16 second-chance points.

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 five games, the bench has combined to register just 23 points. Much of Miami's bench issues can be contributed to Katey Richason, Lakresha Edwards and Riley Neal missing the past several contests. 

GREAT SCOTT: Jadyn Scott snapped out of slump last Saturday, scoring a career-high 27 points, while adding 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Prior to the contest versus the Panthers, the senior had scored in double digits just once in the past seven games. In two MAC vs. Sun Belt Challenge games, Scott scored 50 points, scoring 23 earlier this year versus Louisiana at Monroe.

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 four 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 third in the MAC with 2.1 steals per contest. She had a career-high five steals against Western Kentucky and has multiple steals in a game 13 times this season. She has had at least four steals in a game six different times this year.

REAL STEAL: Speaking of steals, Miami has 88 steals over their past nine games, including a season-best 15 in the loss at Eastern Michigan. The RedHawks have recorded double-digit steals six times this season, five coming in the last nine games.

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.