RedHawks Clip Ball State; Move to Top of MAC Standings

Saturday, February 21

Oxford, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

22-5,13-1MAC

Ball State

22-6,13-2MAC

Ball St.

Miami (OH)

RedHawks Clip Ball State; Move to Top of MAC Standings

2/21/2026 3:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – Behind a 19-3 second half run, the Miami University women's basketball team upended Ball State, 68-64, on Saturday afternoon to claim the top spot in the Mid-American Conference standings. Tamar Singer had a career-high 25 points and eight steals to lead the RedHawks (22-5, 13-1 MAC) to their 12^th straight home win. Tessa Towers had 22 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinals (22-6, 13-2 MAC).

Ilse de Vries added 14 points and nine rebounds, while Amber Scalia chipped in with 13 points. Miami finished the contest with 12 baskets from behind the arc and forced Ball State into 22 turnovers.

How it Happened:

Ball State led 6-2 early in the contest, before Singer beat her defender off the dribble for a pair of layups midway through the first quarter. A third Singer layup followed by a jumper from Scalia spotted Miami a 10-8 advantage. Ball State knocked down a corner triple late in the quarter and led 11-10 after 10 minutes of action.
de Vries opened the scoring with a three-pointer from the corner to regain the lead for the Red and White. Ball State answered with an 11-4 run over the next three minutes to lead 22-17 with 6:10 left in the half. A pair of free throws and a step-back triple from Scalia tied the game at 22 apiece and a three-pointer from Singer gave Miami a 25-22 lead with two minutes to play. Miami led 27-24 at the half.
The Cardinals opened the second half of a 12-4 run to take a 36-31 lead three minutes into the quarter. Clara Gonzalez Planella drilled a triple to make it 36-34 and moments later Singer got free for a layup to knot the game at 36 apiece. Ball State used an 8-2 run to claim a six-point lead midway through the quarter before Macie Taylor's triple cut the deficit in half. Ball State answered quickly with a three-pointer of their own but on the ensuing possession de Vries made it 47-44 with three minutes to play in the quarter. Combined with the de Vries three, Miami closed the third quarter on a 13-3 run and led 54-50 heading to the final quarter.
Núria Jurjo missed a triple to begin the fourth, but Gonzalez Planella gathered the rebound and fed it back to Jurjo for a three pointer to make it 57-50. After a defensive stop, Singer knocked down her third triple of the game to make it 60-50. The Cardinals scored the next six points, forcing a Glenn Box timeout. Following the stoppage, Miami scored eight-straight points behind a pair of three-pointers from Singer to put the game out of reach.

Game Notes:

With 22 wins on the season the RedHawks are now two wins shy of matching the all-time record for single-season victories. The 13 MAC wins is fourth-best in program history.
Saturday was Glenn Box's 50^th win at Miami, the third fastest head coach to 50 win (87 games).
The RedHawks are now 12-0 at home this season.
Amber Scalia is 15 points shy of 1,500 and has made 197 three-pointers in her career.
With four more assists, Tamar Singer would become the 22^nd player in MAC history to post 200 assists in a season.
Singer, who finished with 25 points, missed her first four three-point attempts of the game, before making her final five, a new career-best.
Ilse de Vries recorded a career-best nine rebounds.