RedHawks Shutdown Zips on Senior Day, 74-56

Saturday, February 28

Oxford, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

24-5,15-1MAC

Akron

7-22,4-12MAC

Akron

Miami (OH)

RedHawks Shutdown Zips on Senior Day, 74-56

2/28/2026 3:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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OXFORD, Ohio – Four RedHawks scored in double figures as the Miami University women's basketball team downed Akron, 74-56, on Saturday afternoon. Miami (24-5, 15-1 MAC), who currently sits atop the Mid-American Conference standings, can win a regular season championship on Wednesday evening versus Kent State, their first since the 2007-08 season.

Núria Jurjo led the way with 15 points, while Amber Scalia (13), Macie Taylor (13) and Tamar Singer (12) all scored in double figures. Liz Murphy had 15 points for Akron (7-22, 4-12 MAC).

How it Happened:

Singer's three-point play spotted Miami an early 5-4 lead and after Akron got open for a triple, Ilse de Vries found Taylor for a wide open three-pointer to make it 8-7. Four-straight layups from Mio Sakano, Amber Tretter, Taylor and Singer made it 16-7 with four minutes left in the opening quarter. Akron closed on a 5-0 run, trimming Miami's advantage to 16-12.
Miami led 18-15, 90 seconds into the second quarter before back-to-back triples from Singer and Jurjo along with a layup from Taylor forced an Akron timeout midway through the quarter. Taylor added another layup and Jurjo knocked down her second triple of the quarter, completing a 13-0 run to spot Miami a 31-15 advantage. Miami led 37-21 at the half.
A Zips bucket three minutes into the third closed the gap, 39-28, but back-to-back layups from Tretter and Scalia pushed the lead back to 15. The Zips responded with a 5-0 run to make it a 10-point contest before de Vries and Jurjo combined for three buckets in a 60-second span to make it 49-33. A three-pointer from Sakano with two minutes left in the third gave Miami a 19-point advantage.
Scalia's three-pointer from the corner, followed by a layup from Tretter made it 63-39 with 7:29 to play. The Zips scored the next four to get within 20, but a 7-2 run, highlighted by five points from Scalia pushed Miami's lead, 70-45 at the final media timeout of the contest. Akron would get no closer than 18 points over the final five minutes of the contest.

Game Notes:

Amber Scalia secured the 1,500^th point of her career with a fast-break layup early in the third quarter. She is also one three-pointer away from 200 for her career.
Macie Taylor scored a season-high 13 points and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the foul line.
With 24 wins this season, the RedHawks match the 1981-82 squad for wins in a season.
The RedHawks ar now 13-0 at home this season.
Miami had a season-low 10 turnovers and forced Akron into 21 turnovers.
Miami shot 52.7% from the floor.