DAYTON BACK HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Following the holiday break, the University of Dayton hosts Harvard at UD Arena on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m.  It is Dayton’s first home game since Dec. 5 when the Flyers picked up a 102-69 win over Toledo. The win marked Head Coach Jim Jabir’s 120th at UD, making him the all-time wins leader in Flyer women’s basketball history.

THE DAYTON DETAILS
The Flyers are 7-5 overall this season and coming off a 2-1 effort during a West Coast swing that included splitting two games at the USC Women of Troy Basketball Tournament (a loss to San Diego State and a win over Colorado) and a 98-78 win over CSU Bakersfield. Junior Justine Raterman, who was named to the USC all-tournament team, leads UD in scoring with 16.2 ppg and rebounding with 6.2 rpg. Junior Patrice Lalor leads the Flyers in assists with 37 and steals with 18.

SCOUTING HARVARD
The Crimson are 5-4 this season and return all five starters from a squad that finished second in the Ivy League last year. Junior guard Brogan Berry, a native of Beavercreek, Ohio and graduate of Carroll High School, leads Harvard in scoring with 13.0 ppg and in assists with 32. Senior forward Emma Markley leads the Crimson in rebounding with 6.2 ppg.

THE SERIES
This is the first meeting between Harvard and Dayton in women’s basketball.

FLYERS RANKED IN THE A-10
Junior Justine Raterman is fifth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring with 16.2 ppg, while senior Kristin Daugherty is 10th with 13.6 ppg. Raterman is also 16th in the A-10 in rebounding with 6.2 rpg. She is one of two players to be in the Top 5 in scoring and Top 20 in rebounding in the conference. The other is Xavier’s Amber Harris. Both Raterman (5th - .541) and Daugherty (8th - .505) are in the Top 10 in field goal percentage. Daugherty leads the A-10 in three-point field goal percentage with an astounding mark of .529. Raterman isn’t too far behind at .460, good enough for third in the A-10. Kari Daugherty is 14th in three-point field goal percentage, knocking down .382 of her shots. Kristin Daugherty also leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1). Casey Nance is 11th in blocked shots (1.1) and Patrice Lalor is 13th in assists (3.1).

SCORING MACHINE
The Flyers own five of the top six spots in the A-10 for highest points scored in a game: 107 vs. Penn State is tops, followed by their 102 vs. Toledo. Dayton’s 98 scored against CSU Bakersfield is fourth, while the 97 vs. Minnesota is the fifth highest tally, and 91 vs. Wright State is tied for sixth.

WHEN THEY WIN, THEY WIN BIG
In Dayton’s seven wins the Flyers are outscoring opponents by 21.7 ppg. The closest score of all Dayton’s wins was an 11-point victory over Cincinnati.

SPREADING THE WEALTH
The Flyer offense is averaging an Atlantic 10 best 79.8 ppg, which is 20th best in the nation. Dayton also leads the A-10 in rebounding margin (+9.7) which is 18th in the country.

UD TRI-CAPTAINS
The captains for the 2010-2011 season are senior Kristin Daugherty, red shirt junior Elle Queen and junior Justine Raterman.

100 AGAIN
The Flyers have scored more than 100 points in two games this season. A 112-107 double overtime loss to Penn State in their opener and  a 102-69 win over Toledo on Dec. 5.

JUSTINE’S USC TOURNEY HONORS
Justine Raterman was named to the five-person Women of Troy Basketball Tournament team after averaging 17.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg in two games for the Flyers. She was also named MVP of the Minnesota Subway Classic this season.

RINGING UP 1,000
Junior Justine Raterman reached the 1,000-point milestone in the Flyers’ 91-61 win over Wright State on Nov. 29. The forward from Versailles, Ohio becomes just the eighth player in UD program history to reach the feat in her third season, and 20th overall. Kristin Daugherty reached 1,000 points last season, as did alum Kendel Ross. Raterman, who was named A-10 Player of the Week on Nov. 22, led all scorers with 26 points against the Raiders, shooting 10-of-14 from the floor, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. She scored the 1,000th point of her career with 5:50 left to play in the game to give UD a commanding 80-57 lead.

TOP OF THE COACHING CHARTS
Head Coach Jim Jabir became the all-time wins leader in UD women’s basketball program history with Dayton’s 102-69 win over Toledo on Dec. 5, 2010. His 120 wins surpassed Linda Makowski’s 119 (1980-86). Dayton pulled off a dramatic 84-81 double overtime victory against Butler on Dec. 21, 2009 that gave Jabir his 100th win at Dayton and 320th of his career.  He received a standing ovation during the men’s basketball game against Appalachian State, when UD Vice President/Director of Athletics Tim Wabler presented him with the game ball. He currently has 122 wins at UD.

THREE POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
Dayton has hit at least one three point shot in 297 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 2, 2001, the longest streak in the Atlantic 10 Conference and one of the top 10 streaks in the nation. UD hit 11 treys in its 2010-11 season opener against Penn State.

EVEN DISTRIBUTION
In Dayton’s 12 games this season, there have been six different Flyers lead the team in scoring and five different players lead in rebounding. Kristin Daugherty and Justine Raterman lead the way in points, having scored a team-high in four games, and Raterman has led the team four times in rebounding.

BIG TIME CHAMPS
The University of Dayton women’s basketball team claimed the 2010 Minnesota Subway Classic with a convincing 97-81 over the Golden Gophers Nov. 21. Junior Patrice Lalor scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Flyers, and she was named to the all-tournament team. Fellow junior Justine Raterman was named MVP of the Classic after averaging 18.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg. She had 21 against Minnesota. It’s the second tournament hosted by a Big Ten team that the Flyers have won in the past two seasons. UD also claimed Purdue’s BTI Classic last year.

20 ROCK SOLID
Dayton has posted three consecutive 20-plus win seasons. It marks just the second time the feat has been accomplished in UD women’s basketball history; the other was when Dayton had five consecutive seasons, winning at least 20 games from 1976-77 to 1980-81, and capturing an AIAW national championship in 1979-80.

PASSIN’ PATRICE
Patrice Lalor has 290 career assists, 12th all-time at UD. Lalor needs five to catch Renee Miller (1993-97) for 11th. She was tied for the Atlantic 10 lead with a 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio last season. She was second in the conference with 134 assists. Lalor is 13th in the A-10 this season with 3.1 apg.

DAUGHERTY’S DESTINY
Senior Kristin Daugherty scored the 1,000th point of her University of Dayton career as the Flyers battled to a 74-60 win over Massachusetts Feb. 13, 2010. She became the 18th Flyer women’s basketball player to reach 1,000 and just the seventh to accomplish the feat by her junior season. She now has 1,242 points, 13th all-time at UD. She needs 12 points to catch Stefanie Miller (1994-04) in 12th with 1,254 points. Her 116 three-pointers are sixth all-time. She needs 38 to move up to fifth all-time, currently held by Jennifer Strong (2002-07) with 134.

UD PICKED SECOND BY A-10 COACHES
The University of Dayton women’s basketball team received two first place votes and was picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 this season, according to a vote of the league’s head coaches in the all-conference preseason poll.

RADIO FOR THE ROAD
All of the University of Dayton women’s basketball games will be broadcast via radio this year. Barney Sentner will provide play-by-play at home games, along with color commentary from Shane White. White will also provide play-by-play on all the Flyer women’s basketball road games. The games will be aired live on 1660 and DaytonFlyers.com. WHIO will air Dayton’s home games vs. Toledo (Dec. 5), Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 29), Xavier (Feb. 2) and Fordham (Feb. 26).

FLYERS SIGN STELLAR CLASS
University of Dayton women’s basketball coach Jim Jabir announced his 2011 recruiting class recently and it’s a great one!  The class includes 6-foot-4 center Jodie Cornelie, a member of the French National team, 6-foot-3 forward Ally Malott of Madison High School, and 5-foot-8 guard Andrea Hoover of Spring Valley Academy as Dayton’s 2011 class. Cornelie helped France to a runner-up finish at the 2010 FIBA U-17 World Championships this summer. She was one of 10 players in her age group in the country chosen to play for the Centre Federal Du Basket-Ball (CFBB) the same organization in which NBA player Tony Parker was developed. Malott, the second-rated senior in Ohio who is 40th nationally in the latest ESPNU Hoop Gurlz 100 recruiting rankings, was named to the 2010 USA Women’s U-18 National Team this summer and helped the squad to a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship. Hoover led the Ohio Lady Attack to an AAU 15-U national fourth place finish in 2009. Hoover averaged 21.5 points in the National Association of Christian Athletes Division II National Championship.