OXFORD, Ohio (Feb. 24) -- Miami University's women's basketball team made Senior Day ever so sweet as it defeated Akron 94-32 Saturday afternoon in Millett Hall. The margin of victory was the largest ever over Akron and the second largest in Miami's history, with the biggest win coming over Toledo on December 2, 1978, when the Red and White defeated the Rockets 104-32.

Miami jumped out of the gates and outscored the Zips 20-2 in the first six minutes. During the spurt, Kim Lancaster tallied five points and Heather Cusick and Jana Butler added four apiece.

After only scoring 12 points in the next nine minutes, Miami closed the half with a 21-4 run in the final five minutes to gain a 53-16 halftime advantage.

Lancaster finished the half with 11 points, while Colleen Day drained 10 of her own.

Miami shot 55 percent from the field in the first half, while Akron managed to hit only 32 percent of its attempts.

In the second half, the RedHawks continued to pour it on as it stretched its lead to as many as 62 points on two occasions while holding the Zips to just 16 points again in the second half. Miami finished the game on a 20-4 run.

For the game, Miami hit 54 percent from the field and 79 percent from the charity stripe. Akron hit only 28 percent overall, including a mere eight percent (1-of-13) from three-point land.

Lancaster led all scorers with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbed six boards. Day and Hollie Nelsen each pitched in 13 points and seven boards, while Melanie Kozlowski added 10 points. Butler added seven rebounds for the Red and White.

Jamie Krivak led Akron with six points.

Game Notes: Nelsen finished with a career-high seven steals for Miami ... the RedHawks scored 41 points off 33 Akron turnovers ... for the second consecutive game, Miami out-rebounded its opponent, winning the war 40-32 ... the 32 points was the lowest Miami has given up since the 1994-95 season when it held Cincinnati to a career-low 29 points ... Cusick extended her streak to consecutive games with at least one steal to 34 contests ... Miami's three freshmen (Day, Kozlowski, Lancaster) finished the game with a combined 44 points on 16-of-23 shooting ... Days 13 points tied a career high ... Miami finished with 19 assists compared to the Zips' five ... the RedHawks ended the contest shooting 19-of-24 free throws (79 percent), while Akron hit 3-of-5 (60 percent) ... Nelsen has now connected on 41 of her last 45 foul shots (91 percent) ... Miami ran its all-time record against Akron to 18-2.