RICHMOND, Va. - With its 80-61 win over seventh-seeded Saint Joseph's Friday evening, the University of Dayton women's basketball team advances to the semifinal round of the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championship being held at Richmond Coliseum. Second-seeded Dayton will play the winner of #3 Duquesne and #6 Rhode Island tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
Junior
Amber Deane led all scorers with 22 points to go with eight rebounds and three assists. Also in double-figures scoring for the Flyers was junior
Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova added a season-high 16 points with five blocks and senior
Andrea Hoover scored 13 points to go with two assists and two steals. Senior
Ally Malott chipped in 12 points to go with eight rebounds as well.
Dayton improves to 24-5 on the season while Saint Joseph's ends 2014-15 at 13-17.
The Flyers narrowly out-rebounded the Hawks, 39-38, but UD shot 47.5 percent from the field to SJU's 32.8 percent.
Saint Joseph's was led by Ashley Robinson with 15 points and Sarah Fairbanks with a game-high 10 rebounds.