Dayton Flyers

March 6, 2009

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Justine Raterman scored 19 points as the University of Dayton women's basketball team flew past the Saint Louis Billikens, 74-52, at Halton Arena Friday afternoon in the first round of the 2009 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship. The Flyers will face the No. 1 seeded and nationally-ranked Xavier Musketeers in the quarterfinal round.

It will be Dayton's seventh appearance in the A-10 quarterfinals. The No. 9 seeded Flyers and the No. 1 seeded Musketeers will compete Saturday, March 7 at noon ET for the third time this season. The teams have met twice already with XU winning both outings. Fans can follow the action on Saturday with Gametracker and video streaming at www.DaytonFlyers.com.

Raterman led all scorers with 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor, including a solid 6-of-7 from the line. Junior Kendel Ross and freshman Kayla Moses tallied 12 apiece. Ross and freshmen De'Sarae Chambers both grabbed a game-high eight boards.

A-10 All-Rookie team selection Casey Nance finished with four blocks, while fellow classmate Patrice Lalor dished out a game-high four assists.

As a team, the Flyers out-rebounded the Billikens 42-35. Dayton held an edge in almost all categories including assists (15-11), blocks (7-1), and shooting (48-32 percent)

The Dayton defense held the league's leading scorer, Theresa Lisch, to just eight points for the game. Lisch normally averages 19.6 ppg.

Daugherty hit back-to-back buckets for an early 4-0 lead, but Saint Louis edged its way in scoring the next six points.

UD would have a slim advantage by three at the first media timeout, but would extend its lead from there and pull out on a 16-0 run. The Flyers led by as many as 24 points in the first half behind strong shooting from the field (17-of-28, 60 percent). Twelve of those points came from freshman Justine Raterman and seven from Kendel Ross.

Saint Louis, who was held scoreless for nearly eight minutes in the half, got a few shots up before the end of the break, but trailed 39-20 into the half.

The Billikens went on a 7-0 run in the first part of the second half to climb within 15 points (46-31) with 13:03 on the clock. However, UD would respond with a 7-0 run of its own. It's as close as Saint Louis would get as the Flyers kept up the momentum winning, 74-52.