RedHawks Make it 12-Straight Wins; Down Georgia Southern, 78-67

Saturday, February 7

Oxford, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

19-4,10-0MAC

Georgia Southern

17-6,10-2Sun Belt

Ga. Southern

Miami (OH)

RedHawks Make it 12-Straight Wins; Down Georgia Southern, 78-67

2/7/2026 3:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – Amber Tretter scored a career-high 32 points and added 13 rebounds as the RedHawks picked up a 78-67 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon. The RedHawks, winners of 12-straight, improve to 19-4 overall. GSU falls to 17-6.

Amber Scalia added 21 points to go along with four three-pointers, Ilse de Vries poured in 14 points and Tamar Singer added nine assists en route to owning the program record for assists in a season (178).

How it Happened:

Tretter scored the game's first six points and the RedHawks held Georgia Southern without a field goal for the first five minutes of the contest to claim an early 6-2 lead. The Eagles responded with an 8-4 run to knot the game at 10 apiece before Scalia scored on back-to-back layups to put the RedHawks up 14-10. After GSU cut the Miami advantage to three, 18-15, Scalia knocked down a straight-away triple as time expired to spot Miami a 21-15 lead after 10 minutes of play.
A triple from Tretter midway through the second quarter pushed Miami's advantage to 26-20 and the RedHawks led 28-23 at the second quarter media timeout. Four-straight GSU points, cut the Miami lead to one before a triple from de Vries made it 31-27. Miami led 38-34 at the half.
The Eagles opened the third quarter on a 7-0 run and took their first lead of the contest, 41-38. Tretter responded with five-straight points to claim a 43-41 Miami advantage. After GSU tied the game at 43 apiece, Scalia converted a pair of free throws and de Vries knocked down a triple for a five-point Miami advantage. The teams exchanged the next several baskets until Tamar Singer found Tretter for a wide-open layup as time expired in the third quarter for a 58-50 Miami lead.
Miami scored five points in the first 60 seconds of the fourth quarter to gather a 13-point lead, forcing a GSU timeout. The Eagles got as close as 68-61 with 4:49 to play, but four-straight points from Tretter pushed Miami's lead back to double-digits late in the final stanza.

Game Notes:

With nine assists on Saturday, Tamar Singer broke the Miami single-season assist record, held by Jenna Schone during the 2007-08 season (175). Singer has 178 assists this season.
Amber Scalia, Amber Tretter and Ilse de Vries combined to score 34 of Miami's 38 first-half points.
Amber Tretter record the 27^th double-double of her career, posting 32 points and 13 rebounds. She now ranks third in program history in career double-doubles (27).
Tretter is the first Miami player to score 30-plus points in a contest since Maddi Cluse recorded 30 on Nov. 11, 2022 versus Vermont. She has now scored in double-figures in 18-straight games.
At 19-4 overall, the RedHawks have the third-best start in program history. Miami's 12-game win streak ranks third in Miami women's basketball history.
Ilse de Vries matched her career-best with eight rebounds.