Boxscore
BRONX, NY – It took the first half for the University of Dayton women’s basketball team to thaw out from the blizzard that hit New York leading only 32-25 at the half, but the Flyers were hot in the second period, cruising to a 72-42 win over Fordham in an Atlantic 10 noon game Thursday at Rose Hill Gym. Dayton improves to 19-5 overall and 7-2 in A-10 play, while the Rams drop to 8-17 and 2-8.
With the win Dayton Head Coach Jim Jabir became the second all-time winningest UD women’s basketball coach; his 109 wins surpassing R. Elaine Dreidame’s 108 (1970-78). With 10 more wins he would tie the all-time leader Linda Makowski’s 119 (1980-86).
Freshman Kari Daugherty led UD with 16 points, shooting 4-of-5 from three point range. Her sister, junior Kristin Daugherty, added 11 points, all in the first half, and sophomore Justine Raterman had nine for the Flyers. Redshirt junior Aundrea Lindsey had a career-high six assists in the victory to go along with her seven points.
The game, delayed for one day due to blizzard conditions in New York, started slowly for both squads.
The Flyers finally got on the board as Patrice Lalor found Justine Raterman under the basket for two at the 17:09 mark. Kristin Daugherty completed a three-point play and drained a trey to give Dayton an 8-4 lead. Dayton led by as much as 10 in the first half, after Lindsey knocked down a three-pointer with 5:48 to play, giving the Flyers a 21-11 lead. Daugherty put away another trey to up her first-half total to 11 points and push Dayton’s lead back to 10 with 17 seconds to play before the intermission. Charlotte Stoddard answered with a three with six seconds on the clock, Dayton leading 32-25 at the half.
The second half was all Dayton. The Flyer defense allowed just 17 second half points, holding the Rams to 16.7 percent shooting, including 12.5 percent from behind the arc. Meanwhile, UD’s offense got hot. The Flyers shot 46.7 percent, including 75 percent (6-of-8) from three-point land.
Back-to-back treys by Ross and Lalor with 11:16 to play in the half, got Dayton started on its run, pushing UD’s lead to 46-32. Kari Daugherty went 4-for-4 on treys in a span of five minutes (from 10:14 to 5:12) and the Flyers were suddenly up 61-35. UD held its largest lead of the contest with 1:02 to play in the game as Lindsey cut through the lane and scored on a layup to put UD up 72-39.
Fordham’s Becky Peters led all scorers with 19 points.
The Flyers continue their bus trip on the East coast when they go to Massachusetts for an A-10 battle on Saturday, Feb. 13 against the Minutewomen at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on CBS-College Sports.
UD HOOPS FOR HAITI
When the Flyers host No. 6 Xavier on Wednesday, Feb. 17, all proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Red Cross to support the relief efforts in Haiti. Tickets are $2 but larger donations will be graciously accepted. UD Hoops for Haiti; United in Our Faith, Global in Our Mission T-shirts will also be on sale to the public with all proceeds also going to the Red Cross. Tip-off is 7 p.m. ET. A Dayton to Daytona Trip Give-Away will be held at halftime.
POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Jim Jabir
On becoming the second all-time winningest coach in UD women’s basketball history
“It is a tribute to our coaches and players that we have accumulated that number of wins. There is a really good tradition here and I’m just happy that our program is successful.”
On the slow start to the game
“Our slow start was because of our lack of execution and focus. We were supposed to switch on guard-to-guard screens and we just left people open. That’s not acceptable, but we were able to make adjustments and get ourselves back together. In the second half we played like we’re capable of.”
On Kari Daugherty hitting four treys in the second half
“Kari is capable of doing that. They gave her looks and she didn’t hesitate, which was great. She nailed them. When we’re running like that and getting good looks like that, we have to make them. That was a big part of getting that separation from Fordham.”
On Aundrea Lindsey’s career-high assist performance against the Rams
“The assists that Puna accrued were great, but I felt that overall, she played the best game she’s ever played in a Dayton uniform and I was really proud to see her do that. I know she is capable; she let the game come to her and she played very well. I was happy to see that for her and for us.”
