ON TAP: The Miami University women's basketball team hosts Georgia State on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. in the final contest of the MAC vs. Sun Belt Challenge.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: Amber Tretter has recorded four-straight double-doubles and is averaging 18.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game since Jan. 27. Overall, the freshman leads Miami in scoring (10.0) and rebounding (6.9) and has six double-doubles this season. She has led Miami in scoring each of the past four 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 2-2 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 five of their final eight regular season games at home, while having just seven home games from Nov. 6-Feb. 3.

ABOUT GEORGIA STATE: Georgia State is 13-8 overall and 7-4 in Sun Belt action and enter Saturday's contest on a three-game win streak. The Panthers feature a balanced scoring attack, led by Mikyla Tolivert (13.7 ppg.), Crystal Henderson (12.0 ppg.) and Mya Williams (10.8 ppg.).

SERIES WITH THE PANTHERS: This will be the first meeting between the two schools. Miami played current Sun Belt member, Louisiana at Monroe, earlier this year, falling 78-62.

BUFFALO RECAP: Miami fell 49-43 on Wednesday to the University at Buffalo Bulls. Amber Tretter and Cori Lard each had 10 points, while Jadyn Scott and Jada Scott added nine apiece. Miami's defense was outstanding all evening, holding Chellia Watson to just 19 points (entered the contest with a 25.4 scoring average).

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 four games, the bench has combined to register just 17 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: Senior Jadyn Scott is second on the team with a 9.7 scoring average. She has 10 double-digit scoring efforts this season, but just one has come in the last seven outings. She scored a season-high 23 points 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 12 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 80 steals over their past eight 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 eight 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.