DAYTON LOOKS TO EARN FIRST ROUND BYE ON SENIOR DAY AGAINST SAINT LOUIS

Feb. 29, 2008

The Flyers enter the final day of the regular season looking for a first round bye in the Atlantic 10 Championship as it plays host to Saint Louis on Senior Day at UD Arena Saturday at Noon ET. Fans can follow the action including pregame ceremonies at 11:40 a.m. ET honoring eight seniors (seven players, one manager) with Gametracker, FREE Live Video and Live Audio (1610 Information Radio) at www.DaytonFlyers.com.

Dayton is currently tied with Charlotte for fourth place in the conference standings and will enter the Atlantic 10 postseason as either the fourth or fifth seed. The Flyers would earn the #4 seed and First Round bye only by winning Saturday against Saint Louis and a Charlotte loss to Richmond Saturday tonight (7 p.m. ET tipoff). UD has only earned a bye one other time in A-10 Championship history when the 2001 Flyers were the #4 seed and advanced to the A-10 Semifinals.

Six of the seven senior players that will be honored before the start of Saturday's game will take the court with at least 100 games of collegiate experience to their credit. The duo of Ashley Armstrong and Kiki Lund will appear in their 116th game as Flyers moving them into ninth place all-time at UD for most games played. Brittany Holterman will appear in her 114th collegiate game to rank 11th all-time in Flyer history followed by Nikki Oakland (112 games) and Karah Cloxton (105 games) in the Red and Blue. Also, point guard Kathy Guin has played in 113 collegiate games between Texas - Pan American, NE Oklahoma A&M and Dayton.

The Flyers will take to the court looking to complete one of its best seasons ever at UD Arena. Dayton holds an 11-2 home record this season which has included wins over Clemson from the ACC, Indiana from the Big Ten and Cincinnati of the Big East. UD has also defeated Atlantic 10 frontrunners Temple and Xavier while averaging 1,798 fans per game this season.

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