DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton women's basketball team hosts Morgan State University Friday at 7 p.m. at UD Arena in non-conference action.

ABOUT THE FLYERS
Dayton returns home to host Morgan State Friday after five games and 19 days on the road. The Flyers enter the weekend with a 2-4 record overall and amidst a three game losing streak. Head coach Shauna Green is looking to get Dayton back on the right track against the 1-5 Bears.

Through six games, Dayton is scoring 65.2 points per game and giving up 69.7 to opponents. The Flyers are shooting 36% from the field, 31.9% from three-point range, and 67.6% from the free throw line. UD is also being out-rebounded by opposing teams by 2.8 and has a -1.7 turnover margin.

Dayton is led by Jenna Burdette, who is scoring 10.5 points and dishing out 3.3 assists per game, and freshman Jayla Scaife, who is adding 10.4 points and 5.0 rebounds each contest. Redshirt senior Kelley Austria (10.3) and sophomore Lauren Cannatelli (10.2) are averaging double-digit points as well.

SCOUTING MORGAN STATE
Morgan State heads into the weekend with a 1-5 record overall and a four-game losing streak. The Bears' lone win came against Washington Adventist at home on Nov. 17. MSU has faced A-10 foe Saint Louis, UMKC, Eastern Kentucky, and Mashall so far this year.

Head coach Edward Davis, Jr. is in his first year in charge of the Bears and has MSU scoring 54.8 points each game with 30.3% shooting from the field. The Bears are also shooting 25.5% from deep and 71.4% from the charity stripe.

Leading the way for MSU is junior guard Braennan Farrar, who is scoring 15.2 points per game to go with 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Junior Tykyrah Williams is chipping in 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds each contest.

LAST TIME OUT
Dayton finished the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas with a tough 56-53 loss to Creighton last Saturday. The Flyers led at the half, but were outscored in both quarters of the second half to suffer their third consecutive loss. Senior Saicha Grant-Allen led UD with 12 points and seven rebounds.

Morgan State faced Marshall on Wednesday and fell to the Herd 62-43. The Bears got off to a slow start in each half as Marshall defended its home court for a 19-point victory. Farrar led MSU with 14 points and three assists.

THE SERIES
The Flyers and Bears will be playing for the first time in program history on Friday.

CAREER NIGHT
In Dayton's win over Wisconsin on Nov. 16, there were a number of career performances for the Flyers:
Jenna Burdette - 23 points, 8 field goals
Alex Harris - 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals, 1 assist, 5 field goals attempted
JaVonna Layfield - 14 points, 6 field goals, 2 three-pointers
Jordan Wilmoth - 2 steals
Jayla Scaife - 15 points, 5 field goals, 3 three-pointers, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block

NEVER BEFORE SEEN
Dayton is playing a number of opponents this season the Flyers have not faced yet in program history. UD will take on for the first time this season Georgia Tech, Creighton, Morgan State, Texas A&M, Liberty, and Virginia.

SCAIFE NAMED A-10 CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Dayton freshman Jayla Scaife was named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week on Nov. 21 after averaging 13.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in her first two collegiate games. The Muncie, Ind. native capped off the week with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the overtime win at Princeton.

GREEN GETS FIRST WIN AS DAYTON HEAD COACH
On Nov. 16, 2016, Head Coach Shauna Green earned her first Division I victory at the helm of the Flyers with an 83-64 win over Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. It was her 30th career win as a head coach after two previous years in charge of Loras College.

PRESEASON POLL
Dayton was picked to finish in a tie for second place in the Atlantic 10 Preseason poll, trailing only conference favorites Saint Louis. The Flyers tied with Duquesne and were picked ahead of George Washington, VCU, and Fordham.

ALREADY ALL-CONFERENCE
Junior guard Jenna Burdette was named First Team All-Conference after averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 assists per game last season. Senior guard Kelley Austria earned Second Team All-Conference and All-Defensive team honors, following an injury-shortened season in which she scored 10.4 points per game and recorded 2.6 steals per game. Fellow senior center Saicha Grant-Allen rounded out the accolades, earning Third Team All-Conference honors. The Ontario native scored 11.1 points each contest and grabbed 8.9 boards per game.

COMING OFF 2015-16
Dayton (14-15, 7-9 A-10) finished the 2015-16 season with its ninth consecutive postseason appearance by making a trip to the WNIT. The Flyers fell to Western Kentucky, ending the year with the first losing season since 2006-07. Head coach Shauna Green is in her first season in charge of the program.

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, OneWay and GoFlyers.

NEW LEADER
Shauna Green was hired as the new Dayton women's basketball head coach on Sept. 11, 2016. She takes over for former head coach Jim Jabir, who was at the helm of the Flyers for 13 seasons. Green served as an assistant on Coach Jabir's staff at Dayton from 2012-15. In 2015-16, Green was an assistant on Joe McKeown's staff at Northwestern. She is in her third season as a collegiate head coach after having previously led Loras College.

TAMING THE TIGERS
Dayton defeated Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, N.J. on Nov. 19, handing the Tigers just their third loss at home over the past three seasons.

FACING THE BEST
The Flyers played defending national champions and second-ranked Connecticut on Nov. 22 in Storrs, Conn. and suffered a loss to the Huskies, who won their 79th straight game. UD will play six teams this season that competed in the NCAA Tournament last year, all on the road or at neutral sites.

70'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
Since the 2009-10 season, Dayton is 122-13 (.903) when scoring 70 or more points, including 10-2 in 2015-16. 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.
2016-17    1-0
2015-16    10-2
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    122-13

THREE POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 482 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.

ATLANTIC 10 FORMAT
Despite its name, the Atlantic 10 conference consists of 14 member schools competing under one division in women's basketball. Each team will play a 16-game conference slate this season, including three home-and-away series. Dayton will play two games against Duquesne, George Washington and Saint Louis and one against the remaining field during league action.

THE NEW AND IMPROVED 2017 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2017 A-10 Championship will feature a new, enhanced format, with six first-round games being played on campus sites before heading to Richmond, Friday through Sunday, for the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship final games. The top two championship seeds will receive a bye, with the remainder of the field facing off in games hosted by seeds 3-8 for the first round. The first round will take place on the Saturday and Sunday prior to the weekend of the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. In 2017 the first round will be Feb. 25-26 with the three final rounds being played March 3-5.

ELIGIBLE THIS SEASON
The Flyers have a familiar face making her debut this season in redshirt junior Alex Harris, a 6-3 forward is originally from Lorain, Ohio. She came to UD from Penn State, where she appeared in 47 career games for the Nittany Lions.