ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team returns home to face Eastern Michigan in a crucial Mid-American Conference game on Saturday, Feb. 24. Opening tip is slated for 1 p.m.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Amber Tretter has recorded six double-doubles in her last seven games and is averaging 14.6 points and 12.1 rebounds per game since Jan. 27 (last seven games). Overall, the freshman is second in scoring (10.0) and first in rebounding (7.5) for Miami. She has eight double-doubles this season and has led Miami in scoring in four of the past seven games. She also ranks fourth in the MAC with 1.1 blocks/game.

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. Eight of Miami's top-nine scorers are first-year players with the RedHawks.

SWINGING 60'S: Miami is 3-2 this season when scoring at least 60 points and 4-15 when it fails to reach that mark. Miami beat Xavier earlier this season with 58 points and had a 56-point victory over BGSU.

ABOUT EASTERN MICHIGAN: EMU is 6-18 overall, 2-11 in MAC play this season and have lost eight of their last nine contests. Offensively, Tayra Eke leads the team in scoring (10.0 ppg.) and is second in rebounding (7.1 rpg.). Interim head coach Ke'sha Blanton was an assistant coach under Megan Duffy at Miami for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns.

SERIES WITH THE EAGLES: This will be the 68th meeting between the two schools, with Miami holding a 42-25 series advantage. Miami's last win over the Eagles was Feb. 6, 2019 in Oxford.

ROUND TWO VERSUS EMU: Miami dropped a 53-48 contest back on Jan. 17 in Ypsilanti. The RedHawks led 37-32 early in the fourth quarter before EMU posted a 13-0 run in a span of four minutes to walk away with the victory. Jada Scott led the RedHawks with 11 points and Hennessey Luu-Brown added nine.

TOLEDO RECAP: Miami had its two-game win streak snapped on Wednesday evening, falling 68-36 to the University of Toledo inside Savage Arena. Cori Lard had a team-high 11 points for her sixth-straight double-digit performance.

BENCH PRESS: Recently, Miami added 26 bench points at Ball State, 27 at EMU and 29 in the win over Western Michigan last month, but over Miami's last seven games, the bench has combined to register just 30 points. Much of Miami's bench issues can be contributed to Katey Richason and Lakresha Edwards missing the past month of games. 

GREAT SCOTT: Jadyn Scott has scored 55 points in the last three games, including 27 in a win over Georgia State and 20 points last Saturday versus WMU. Prior to the contest versus the Panthers, the senior had scored in double digits just once in a seven-game stretch.

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 second 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 15 times this season. She has had at least four steals in a game six different times this year.

MAC TOURNAMENT UPDATE: The RedHawks are currently the No. 9 team in the MAC standings, meaning Miami would be left out of the MAC Tournament. Miami (4-9 MAC) currently trails Ohio by one game (5-8 MAC) for the No. 8 seed. The RedHawks face Ohio in the final regular season contest of the year on March 9.

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.