RedHawks Shutdown Huskies for 10th Straight Win

Wednesday, January 28

DeKalb, Ill.

12 p.m.

Miami University

17-4,9-0MAC

Northern Illinois

4-16,2-7MAC

Miami (OH)

NIU

RedHawks Shutdown Huskies for 10th Straight Win

1/28/2026 2:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

DEKALB, Ill. – The Miami University women's basketball team used an outstanding defensive effort to pick up a 71-43 road win over Northern Illinois on Wednesday afternoon. Miami (17-4, 9-0 MAC) forced 18 turnovers and held the Huskies to 33.3% shooting. Amber Tretter had a game-high 17 points and Núria Jurjo added 12 as the RedHawks picked up their 10^th straight win.

How it Happened:

NIU led 5-4 midway through the opening quarter, before back-to-back layups from Tretter and Tamar Singer gave Miami their first lead of the game. Tretter than converted a free throw and the resigning MAC player of the Week, Ilse de Vries, knocked down a triple to push Miami's advantage to 12-5 with two minutes left in the quarter. NIU ended the four-minute drought with a free throw, but 20 seconds later Mio Sakano converted a three-point play to give Miami a 15-8 lead after 10 minutes of play.
The Huskies trimmed Miami's lead to 17-14, 90 seconds into the second quarter. On the ensuing possession, Tretter took a pass from Singer for a three-point play to make it 20-14. Miami led 23-18 with 5:32 left in the half and closed the quarter on a 13-4 run to head to the locker room up 36-22. During the run, Amber Scalia, Singer and Clara Gonzalez Planella all knocked down three pointers.
Singer picked up a pair of assists to begin the third quarter with back-to-back layups from Tretter and Jurjo to force an NIU timeout. Coming out of the timeout, de Vries knocked down a triple for a 43-25 advantage. The Huskies trimmed the deficit to 15, 46-31, but a 5-1 Miami run (all five points from Tretter) made it 51-32 heading to the final stanza.
Jurjo scored five quick points in the fourth quarter to stretch the RedHawks' advantage to 56-34 and four straight free throws from Scalia and Emily VanTimmeren made it 60-34. The Huskies would get no closer.

Game Notes:

Nine different RedHawks scored in the contest.
Miami out-rebounded the Huskies 31-25 and connected on eight three pointers, compared to just one for NIU.
With 17 points on Wednesday, Amber Tretter now ranks 29^th in program history with 943 career points.
Tamar Singer has 160 assists on the season, 15 away from the single-season school record.
Miami is now 9-0 in conference play for just the second-time in program history, match the 1989-90 Miami squad.

Up Next:
Miami returns to action Saturday, Jan. 31 with a 1 p.m. home contest versus Ohio.