LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University women's basketball team will square off with its first mid-major opponent of the season when the Knights travel to Miami (OH) for a 1 p.m. (ET) contest Sunday at Millett Hall.

Bellarmine (1-1) and Miami (2-0) are meeting for the second time in the D1 era, with the RedHawks capturing the initial meeting 77-58 last season In Knights Hall. Miami led by as many as 14 in the second quarter, but Bellarmine trimmed the deficit to six early in the third. A 12-4 run later in the period restored a 14-point lead for the RedHawks and was a threshold they didn't allow the Knights to dip below after the first points of the fourth.

Miami went 28-7 last year, including 16-2 in conference play en route to a sweep of the MAC regular season and tournament crowns. The RedHawks opened the season with a 59-52 home win over James Madison and a 75-52 road victory over Southeast Missouri State. Miami was picked second in the MAC preseason coaches' poll. Amber Tretter was named first-team Preseason All-MAC while newcomer Julianna LaMendola was recognized on the second team.

KNIGHTS NOTES

• Bellarmine is 0-1 on the road this season. The Knights opened the year at No. 7 Louisville, falling 119-47. The campuses of Bellarmine and Louisville are located a mere 4 miles apart. Knights head coach Monique Reid played under U of L head coach Jeff Walz, helping lead the Cardinals to a pair of Final Fours (2009, 2013). She was enshrined in the U of L Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.
• Including a home exhibition against Spalding, Bellarmine has played opponents from Louisville all three times the Knights have taken the floor this season. BU is coming off a 113-49 home win Thursday over Simmons College, which is another fellow intra-city school. Spalding and Simmons are both located in downtown Louisville (as is the KFC Yum! Center, U of L's homecourt).
• Bellarmine's 113 points, 64-point margin of victory and 62 rebounds against Simmons were all D1-era program records. The Knights' 31 assists were one shy of matching the D1-era highwater mark.
• Reid was likely most proud of the team's balance against Simmons. Seven players scored in double figures, six had five or more rebounds, six had at least four assists and nine recorded at least one steal.
• Due to injury, Hana Abdel Aal entered the season not having played since November of the 2024-25 season. In her first action since, the redshirt sophomore center approached a double-double against Louisville with nine points and seven rebounds. She then recorded a double-double against Simmons with career highs of 12 points and 15 rebounds. Her four assists were also a career best.
• Tacko Sy poured in a game- and career-high 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting against Simmons. The 6-5 sophomore center is a transfer from Chipola College in Florida. She had eight points and five rebounds against Louisville in her BU debut.
• Kayce Hyman registered 16 points against Simmons. The junior forward is the team's leading returning scorer (10.0 ppg) among players who appeared in at least 15 games last season.
• Coumba Keita grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds against Simmons. The sophomore guard is a transfer from Arkansas Pine Bluff.

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