DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton women's basketball team will open its 2015-16 season Friday morning with its annual School Day game. The Flyers will play host to the Yale Bulldogs at UD Arena with tip-off set for 11:00 a.m. UD is set to welcome nearly 9,000 local school children to the arena for the game.

This will be a ticketed event - you will also be able to use your ticket stub from Friday's game to gain FREE admission to the Dayton-Marist football game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Welcome Stadium. Dayton football is one win from clinching the school's first berth in the FCS playoffs, and the UD Athletics Division wants the Flyer Faithful to help get them there.

Flyer Facts
» Head coach Jim Jabir is in his 13th season (238-140) at the helm of the Dayton women's team in 2015-16. He was named the eighth head coach, and first male, in the history of the program on April 8, 2003. Jabir holds a career record of 458-363 over 28 seasons.
» Dayton participated in its sixth-consecutive NCAA Tournament in 2015. It was the fifth at-large bid for the Flyers and the team's first appearance in a NCAA Regional Final.
» UD currently has one active 1,000-point scorer in senior Amber Deane (1,056).
» Currently in third place on UD's all-time blocked shots list, senior Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova is poised to break the school record this season. She has 184 career blocks and needs just 37 more to usurp Michele Kruty (220) atop the list.
» This is the Flyers' 48th season (1968-69) as an intercollegiate sport at Dayton. UD's all-time record sits at 741-554 (.572).
» The Flyers are 166-139 (.544) in Atlantic 10 regular season play (20th season).

About the Flyers
Dayton is coming off one of its most successful seasons, a year that included the program's first appearance in a NCAA Tournament Regional Final, heading into the 2015-16 season. The Flyers return three starters and the Atlantic 10's Sixth Woman of the year in senior Amber Deane from 2014-15's 28-7 team. Deane is the team's top returning scorer (10.5 ppg.) while senior Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova is the squad's top returning rebounder (6.1 rpg.) and shot blocker (2.7 bpg.).

Scouting Yale
The Yale Bulldogs finished the 2014-15 season with a 13-15 overall mark and in third place in the Ivy with a 7-7 conference record. The Bulldogs are coached by first-year mentor Allison Guth but return 12 of 13 players from last season. This will be Yale's first on-court action for 2015-16 as it did not play an exhibition contest. The Bulldogs' leading returning scorer is Tamara Simpson with 8.9 ppg. a year ago.

Last Time Out
In its only exhibition contest of 2015-16, Dayton downed Gannon 109-67 on Nov. 6 at UD Arena. Senior Amber Deane led four Flyers in double-figures scoring with 24 points while also dishing out seven assists and junior Saicha Grant-Allen recorded a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. For the game, the Flyers shot 50.0 percent from the floor to the Lady Knights' 39.7 percent.

The Series
Friday's season opener will be the first meeting between Dayton and Yale.

70'S the Magic Number
Since the 2009-10 season, Dayton is 111-11 (.910) when scoring 70 or more points, including 24-2 in 2014-15. During the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, the Flyers only lost one game per season when scoring at least 70 points, and dropped only two games in 2009-10 when reaching that mark.
2014-15    24-2
2013-14    19-4
2012-13    21-1
2011-12    13-1
2010-11    15-1
2009-10    19-2
TOTAL    111-11

Just Flyers Please
When referring to the University of Dayton women's basketball team (or any other Dayton athletic team), we ask that you refer to us simply as "Flyers." Not "Lady Flyers". Thanks for your cooperation.

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Dayton was picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 for 2015-16 in voting among league head coaches with two first-place votes and 177 total points. All three of the Flyers' seniors were named to Preseason All-Conference Teams led by Amber Deane who earned mention on the First Team. Kelley Austria was named to the Preseason Second Team while Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova was named to the Third Team. Both Austria and Cornelie-Sigmundova were also voted onto the All-Defensive Team.

Sixth-Consecutive NCAA Tournament for Dayton
The Flyers made their sixth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2015 and hold an all-time record of 5-6 in NCAA Tournament play. UD gained entry into 2015's field of 64 with its fifth at-large bid to the championship (automatic qualifier in 2012 with the team's only Atlantic 10 Championship title) and advanced to the program's first Regional Final.

1,000 and Counting
With her first made basket in the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championship final, senior Amber Deane became the 23rd member of Dayton's 1,000-point club as only the 10th Flyer to reach that milestone in her third season. She has 1,056 career points, ranking 21st all-time, heading into the 2015-16 season.

We'll Take the Free Ones
As a team, the Flyers shot 76.4 percent from the free throw line in 2013-14, the BEST team free throw percentage in Dayton history. Last season's squad posted the program's second-best team free throw percentage at .745, finishing the year ranked first in the Atlantic 10 and 27th nationally.
1.    .764    (519-679) - 2013-14
2.    .745    (575-772) - 2014-15
3.    .737    (390-529) - 2011-12
4.    .736    (398-541) - 2001-02
5.    .728    (498-684) - 2010-11

20/20 Vision
Dayton reached the 20-wins mark for the eighth-consecutive season with its 59-45 win at Fordham on Feb. 18, 2015. This is the 15th time in the program's 47 seasons that Dayton has reached the 20-win plateau.

Three Points of Excellence
Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 448 consecutive games dating back to Jan. 2, 2001, the longest streak in the Atlantic 10 Conference and one of the top streaks in the nation. The Flyers made a program-record 15 three-point field goals against Buffalo in the Connecticut World Vision Classic on Nov. 25, 2011. Dayton tied the record with 15 vs. Wright State on Nov. 28, 2012.

Follow the Flyers on Social Media
Fans can follow the official Dayton women's basketball social media outlets by liking Facebook.com/DaytonWBB, on Twitter by following @DaytonWBB and DaytonWeAreOne on Instagram. Hashtags for Flyer women's basketball include #UDWBB, GRIT and GoFlyers.