ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team plays the first of three-straight homes games, hosting the University at Buffalo on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Opening tip is set for 7 p.m., which is also Girls and Women in Sports Night.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Amber Tretter has recorded three-straight double-doubles and is averaging 21.3 points and 12.7 rebounds per game since Jan. 27. Overall, the freshman leads Miami in scoring (10.0) and rebounding (6.7) and has five double-doubles this season. While in a loss, Tretter recorded 27 points and 16 rebounds at CMU and is coming off an 18-point, 10-rebound performance in a win at Akron.

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 3-13 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. Four of Miami's final eight 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 six of their final nine regular season games at home, while having just seven home games up to this point.

ABOUT BUFFALO: Buffalo is 12-8 overall and 6-4 in MAC play, and have won two-straight coming into Wednesday's action. Offensively, Chellia Watson ranks fourth nationally at 24.9 points per contest. She has scored over 30 points four different times this year and has taking 36.7% (424-1154) of her team's shots this season.

SERIES WITH THE BULLS: This will be the 50th meeting between the two schools with Buffalo holding a 28-21 all-time advantage. Miami downed the Bulls 72-67 a year ago, snapping a 15-game losing streak to UB. Miami last beat the Bulls in Oxford on Jan. 23, 2016.

AKRON RECAP: Amber Tretter had 18 points and 10 rebounds Miami captured a 58-48 win over the Akron Zips. Cori Lard had 12 points, five assists and five rebounds, while Hennessey Luu-Brown chipped in with 10 points and three steals as Miami never trailed in the contest. Miami out-rebounded the Zips, 40-31 and matched their season-low with 12 turnovers.

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 three games, the bench has combined to register just 17 points. 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 is second on the team with a 9.8 scoring average. She has 10 double-digit scoring efforts this season, but just one has come in the last six outings.

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 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 11 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 71 steals over their past seven 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 seven games.

TUFF STUFF: Jordan Tuff scored nine points in the win over Akron last Saturday. The junior had scored 10 points all season long prior to the game versus the Zips. Tuff played a career-high 28 minutes and finished with four rebounds and two assists.

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.