DAYTON, Ohio - The University of Dayton women's basketball team will travel to Charlottesville, Va. this week for games against Liberty at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Virginia at 7 p.m. Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena. The games are part of the 2016 Cavalier Classic.

ABOUT THE FLYERS
Dayton has been playing its best basketball of late, going undefeated at the Florida Sunshine Classic last week with wins over (RV) Texas A&M and Old Dominion. The Flyers are 5-6 on the season and 0-1 in Atlantic 10 play. Head coach Shauna Green is in her first season in charge.

As a team, Dayton is shooting 38.5% from the field, 32.9% from three-point range, and 67.6% from the free throw line. The Flyers are outscoring opponents 66.0 to 65.1 each contest and outrebounding opponents as well. UD is averaging 5.5 steals and 5.4 blocks per game as well.

The Flyers are led by junior Jenna Burdette, who is scoring 13.5 points per game to go with 4.2 assists per game, and redshirt senior Kelley Austria, who is adding 10.9 points and 3.5 rebounds each contest. Redshirt junior Alex Harris leads the team in rebounding with 8.2 per game.

SCOUTING LIBERTY
Liberty has gotten off to the worst start in program history, losing eight of its first nine. The lone victory came against West Liberty on Dec. 10 before two more losses to Central Arkansas and UTSA. Head coach Carey Green is in his 17th season in charge with over 400 victories on his resume.

The Flames are being outscored 55.6 to 67.2 each contest despite having a +6.4 rebounding margin. Liberty is shooting 33.6% from the floor, 25.5% from behind the arc, and 55.5% from the charity stripe. The Flames have to overcome a -6.9 turnover margin as well, averaging 20.1 turnovers each game.

Leading the way for Liberty is freshman Keyen Green, who has 9.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Fellow freshmen Ola Makurat, Kierra Johnson-Graham, and Kaitlyn Stovall are all contributing six points per game also.

LAST TIME OUT
Dayton improved to 2-0 at the Florida Sunshine Classic with a thrilling 77-69 victory over Old Dominion on Wednesday. The Flyers trailed by as much as 11 in the second quarter, but used fouls to get back in the game, going 20-of-25 from the free throw line.

Liberty suffered its eighth loss of the season on Dec. 20 with a 80-64 defeat at UTSA. Green scored 21 points while K.K. Barbour grabbed 11 boards in the effort.

THE SERIES
The Flyers and Flames will meet for the first time in program history on Wednesday.

ALL-TOURNAMENT SQUAD
Dayton had a pair of players named to the All-Tournament team at the Florida Sunshine Classic. Junior guard Jenna Burdette and senior center Saicha Grant-Allen received the honors.

GRANT-ALLEN EARNS A-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Senior center Saicha Grant-Allen was named A-10 Player of the Week on Dec. 26 after averaging a double-double with 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in the two-win stretch at the Florida Sunshine Classic. The Ontario native highlighted the week with a 17-point, 16-rebound performance against ODU.

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.

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.

FLYERS IN REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE PLAY
Dayton has won 61 of its last 77 regular season Atlantic 10 games (.803), a streak that dates back to a 97-46 win over Rhode Island on Jan. 7, 2012, and includes a perfect 14-0 mark in conference play during the 2012-13 season.

WE'LL TAKE THE FREE ONES
As a team, the Flyers have found much success from the free throw line, shooting the top four single season percentages in the last five seasons, including a school record .764 in 2013-14.
1.   .764.................(519-679) - 2013-14
2    .745    (575-772) - 2014-15
3.    .737    (390-529) - 2011-12
4.    .736    (387-526) - 2015-16
4.    .736    (398-541) - 2001-02

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. The Flyers have the 39th toughest strength of schedule in Division I this season.

70'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
Since the 2009-10 season, Dayton is 124-14 (.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    3-1
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    124-14

THREE POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 486 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.

SPEAKING OF THREES...
The Flyers hit 12 three-pointers against Texas A&M on Dec. 20 in Winter Park, Fla. en route to a 74-57 victory over the Aggies. That total was the most ever given up by Texas A&M in program history. The previous high of 11 was held by Kansas State and TCU.

WE'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE
On Dec. 9 this season, the Flyers played in front of 9,007 fans at UD Arena while hosting Toledo. The season-best crowd was due to the overwhelming success of UD's annual School Day game, a chance for local school-aged children to take a field trip with the Flyers. With a home attendance average of 3,532, Dayton ranks 49th out of 349 DI programs.

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.

NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
Three Flyers have experience playing for their respective national teams.
• Sophomore Maddy Dennis was a member of the 2015 U-19 Australian National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2015 U-19 FIBA World Championship. She was also a member of the 2013 and 2014 U-17 Australian National Team.
• Senior Saicha Grant-Allen most recently was a member of Canada's Senior B Women's Basketball National Team that claimed the 36th Annual William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan, during the summer of 2014.
• Senior Andrijana Cvitkovic played for the Croatian U18 National Team during the summer of 2012.