Story Courtesy of MIami Athletic Communications
OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University women's basketball team forced 34 turnovers and held Bellarmine to 16.7% shooting from the floor in a 92-37 win on Sunday afternoon. Brooke Zartman led the RedHawks with a career-high 19 points as Miami improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Hana Abdel Aal had a team-high 11 points for the Knights (1-2).
How it Happened:
- Following a quick turnover by Bellarmine, Julianna LaMendola recorded the first points of the game with two layups and added a third to help Miami jump to a 10-2 lead early. After nearly three-and-a-half minutes without a field goal from either team, Nuria Jurjo came up with a steal and set up Amber Scalia for a bucket in the paint to make it 17-4. Threes from LaMendola and Zartman and a fast-break layup by LaMendola at the buzzer contributed to a 12-2 Miami run to close out the quarter with a 29-7 advantage.
- LaMendola opened the second with a block and a rebound before driving down the court, where she was fouled on a made layup and completed the and-one play to make it 34-7. Amber Tretter and Addison Baxter each added two points before Bellarmine broke a 13-and-a-half-minute field goal drought with an and-one basket to make it 38-11. Jade Ondineme added three straight layups to start Miami on a 12-3 run at the end of the half.
- Baxter laid in three baskets early and Jaya McClure drained a triple as Miami began a 16-4 run in the first five minutes of the third quarter. Lucía Martínez López made her first field goal of the game and Zartman nailed her third three-pointer of the day to give the RedHawks a 51-point advantage at 71-20. Miami did not allow any field goals for the final six minutes of the quarter and Zartman hit another three in the final minute to make it a 79-23 game with ten minutes to play.
- Ondineme brought her tally to 10 points with a layup before Bellarmine answered with a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Zartman made another three and Dominika Ullmann scored her first collegiate points with a two-point jump shot before Adela Plans Bellavista and Martinez Lopez closed out scoring to finalize a 92-37 win.
Game Notes:
- Amber Scalia surpassed 350 career free throws made.
- Miami scored 50 points (first half) in a half for the first time since scoring 50 versus Western Kentucky on Dec. 7, 2025.
- Zartman set a career-high in points with 19 and three-pointers made with five, breaking her previous records of 14 and four, respectively.
- Baxter matched her career-high in points with 14.
- Martinez Lopez set a new high in rebounds with eight.
- Jade Ondineme recorded the first multi-field goal game of her career, scoring 10 points on five made field goals.
- Jaya McClure made her first appearance as a RedHawk and recorded five points.
- Ullman and Plans Bellavista each recorded their first points in a Miami uniform.
- The RedHawks held Bellarmine to nine total field goals, including one in the first quarter and two in the second and third quarters.
- Miami has now won 16-straight home games after a perfect 14-0 season in 2025-26.
