DAYTON FLYERS (19-5, 7-2 A-10)  VS.
MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEWOMEN (9-15, 3-6 A-10)
EVENT INFORMATION - FEB. 13, 2010 - 2 pm ET
Venue:  Mullins Center (capacity 9,493) - Amherst, Mass.
TV:  CBS-College Sports (Commentators: Pam Roecker & Jason Knapp)
Live Audio:  WMUA 91 FM
Video & Audio Streaming and Live Stats: DaytonFlyers.com

• The Flyers have received votes in either the AP or USA Today/ESPN Polls for 14 consecutive weeks, and after not receiving votes in the AP poll for Feb. 1, Dayton reappeared in the AP poll this week with three votes.
• Junior Kristin Daugherty needs just eight points to become the 18th player in Flyer history to reach 1,000 points. Senior Kendel Ross needs 27 to reach 1,000.
• Kristin Daugherty is also getting it done in the classroom and was recently named named to the ESPN The Magazine District IV All-Academic Second Team for the second consecutive season.
• UD Head Coach Jim Jabir became the second all-time winningest coach at UD, taking No. 109 with UD’s 72-42 win over Fordham Thursday. He passed R. Elaine Dreidame (108) and is 11 wins from becoming the all-time leader Linda Makowski who tallied 119 from 1980-86.
• The Flyers are outrebounding opponents by a plus-7.1 margin which is 20th in the NCAA National Ranking Summary. They have outrebounded 19 of their 24 opponents, and tied with 38 boards against GW. Dayton has outrebounded 11 opponents by double-digit margins, including a season-high 45-24 (+21) against Seattle.
• UD has outscored its opponents 861-636 in the first half this season, and just 835-732 in the second.
• Dayton has five losses this season; one at home (to Louisville on Nov. 15), three on the road (to Toledo on Dec. 9; St. Joseph’s on Jan. 23; and No. 10 Xavier on Jan. 30); and one at a neutral site (to Vermont on Dec. 29 at the Blue Sky Classic hosted by Dartmouth). The Flyers are 9-1 at UD Arena, 8-3 on the road and 2-1 in neautral games this season.  The Flyers’ 74-49 loss to Xavier is its worst since their 66-40 loss to No. 13 Texas in their season opener last year, Nov. 15, 2008.
• The Flyers are 3-0 in the month of February and 6-1 on Saturdays this season.
• The Flyers won the 2009 Purdue University BTI Classic, taking three games in three days (Nov. 20, 21, 22) with wins over Purdue, Georgetown and Seattle. Kristin Daugherty was named Tournament MVP, while redshirt freshman Brittany Wilson and sophomore Justine Raterman were named to the all-tournament team.
• The Flyers tied Xavier for a league-high with three different players named to the 2009-10 A-10 Preseason Teams. Junior Kristin Daugherty and sophomore Justine Raterman were both named Second Team Atlantic 10 Preseason selections, while sophomore Casey Nance was tabbed to the A-10 Preseason Defensive Team.

DAYTON TAKES ON UMASS IN THINK PINK GAME
The Flyers wrap up their East coast road trip with an Atlantic 10 battle against Massachusetts Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass. Tip-off is 2 p.m. ET. Dayton aims for its fourth consecutive win when it takes on the Minutewomen. UMass  is holding its Pink Zone day against the Flyers; the WBCA Pink Zone® initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses and communities.The game will be broadcast by CBS-College Sports with commentators Jason Knapp and Pam Roecker.

TAKING THE BUS
Due to severe snowstorms in the New York area, the Flyers’ flight to LaGuardia on Feb. 9 was cancelled. Instead, Dayton took a 14-hour bus ride through the snow to Fordham, arriving at 3:30 a.m. UD then bussed up to Amherst, Mass. and will take the 12-hour ride home immediately following the game against UMass.

LAST TIME OUT
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 will tie the all-time leader Linda Makowski’s 119 (1980-86). Freshman Kari Daugherty led UD with 16 points. Redshirt junior Aundrea Lindsey had a career-high six assists in the victory to go along with her seven points. In the second half the Flyer defense allowed just 17 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.

SCOUTING UMASS
Massachusetts is 9-15 overall and 3-6 in Atlantic 10 play. The Minutewomen are coming off a 66-54 loss at Temple on Feb. 10. Sophomore Kristina Danella leads UMass with 13.1 ppg. Senior Diatiema Hill leads them in rebounding with 5.9 boards per game, followed closely by Danella and freshman Jasmine Watson, who each pull down 5.7 rpg. Hill also leads the team in assists with 93. The Minutewomen are 1-4 in Atlantic 10 play at home this season.

SERIES STUFF
The Flyers trail in the series, 6-10, but have won the last two meetings. Dayton dealt Massachusetts an 86-65 loss at UD Arena on Feb. 7, 2009. Senior Kendel Ross and sophomore Justine Raterman each scored 19 points in the victory for the Flyers. Kristina Danella scored a game-high 20 points for UMass. Dayton also dealt the Minutewomen a 57-51 loss at the Atlantic 10 Championships in 2008. The last time UD won at Massachusetts was a 57-51 win on Jan. 4, 2006. Dayton is 3-5 when playng on the road against UMass.

BOUNCING BACK
After suffering its worst loss in more than a year, a 74-49 loss to No. 10 Xavier on Jan. 30, the Flyers have bounced back in a big way, defeating their last three opponents by an average of 21.3 ppg. In fact, in all seven of UD’s A-10 wins, they are outscoring opponents by 21.9 ppg.

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Junior Kristin Daugherty has scored 992 points in her career. She is 18th  all-time on UD’s career scoring list and would be just the 18th  Flyer to join the 1,000-point club. Senior Kendel Ross is on her way to 1,000 as well. She has 973 points for 21st all-time and needs eight points to catch Janice Roberts (1991-95) for 20th all-time.

DAUGHERTY DUO
Sisters Kristin and Kari Daugherty combined for 27 points in Dayton’s 72-42 win over Fordham. Kari, a freshman, had a team-high 16, and Kristin, a junior, added 11. Kristin has scored in double figures 12 times this year, including the last four games.

UNDER 21
The Flyer defense has posted seven halves this season in which they allowed their opponent just 20 points or less; most recently UD allowed just 17 second half points in its 72-42 win over Fordham (2/11/10). Seattle only scored 20 in the first and 17 in the second in the championship game of the Purdue BTI Classic. The Flyers also held high-scoring Georgetown to 20 second-half points in that same tournament. UD held Milwaukee to 19 first half points on Dec. 4. The Flyers held Dartmouth to 17 and 19. In their best defensive game of the season UD held Richmond to 15 and 16 on Jan. 23.

BLOCK PARTY
Sophomore Casey Nance, the Atlantic 10 leader in blocked shots with 2.0 per game, hit a career milestone in the George Washington game on Jan. 9. With her three swats against the Colonials she reached 101 in her career. Nance is just the fourth player in UD history to notch over 100 blocks; her current 112 career blocks is third all-time. Nance needs 36 blocks to catch Nikki Oakland (2004-08) for second all-time at 148. Michele Kruty (‘84-88) holds the all-time record at UD with 222 career blocks. After posting at least one blocked shot in 13 consecutive games, Nance has not had a blocked shot in UD’s last two games.

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
With the Flyers’ 72-42 win over Fordham on Feb. 11, Head Coach Jim Jabir became the second all-time winningest coach in UD women’s basketball history with 109 victories, passing legendary coach R. Elaine Dreidame. With 11 more he will be the all-time leader in wins at UD; Linda Makowski (1980-86) is the current leader with 119. Dayton pulled off a dramatic 84-81 double overtime victory against Butler on Dec. 21 that gave Jabir his 100th win at Dayton and 320th of his career. 

UP NEXT: UD HOOPS FOR HAITI
When the Flyers host No. 7 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.