DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team will look to continue its hot streak at Davidson College Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Belk Arena.
ABOUT THE FLYERS
Dayton extended its winning streak to eight in a row recently and has now won 11 of its last 12 games. The Flyers are 14-7 overall and 8-1 in Atlantic 10 play. UD has found much success on the road, going 6-2 on the season. Head coach
Shauna Green is in her first year in charge.
As a team, Dayton is outscoring opponents by a +5.4 margin and outrebounding them by a +3.7 margin. The Flyers are shooting 39.4% from the field, 33.4% from three-point range, and 69.4% from the free throw line.
The Flyers are led by junior
Jenna Burdette, who is averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 assists per game, and redshirt senior
Kelley Austria, who is averaging 12.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Senior
Saicha Grant-Allen is chipping in 9.7 points and 8.7 rebounds each contest.
SCOUTING DAVIDSON
Davidson has struggled through the first half of the season, going 3-18 overall with a 1-8 A-10 mark. The Wildcats have lost three in a row, but have picked up all three wins this season at home in Belk Arena. Head coach Michele Savage is in her seventh season at the helm.
The Wildcats are shooting 36.7% from the floor, 25.2% from behind the arc, and 63.7% from the charity stripe. Davidson faces a -12.7 scoring margin and a -2.1 turnover margin.
Leading the way for Davidson is junior Mackenzie Latt, who is averaging 15.5 points per game to go with 8.0 rebounds each contest. Sophomore Justine Lyon is adding 13.2 points with sophomore Kianna Speight chipping in 10.4 points.
LAST TIME OUT
Dayton won its eighth in a row with 30-point victory over Rhode Island at home on Saturday. The Flyers played every eligible player, led by Austria's 16 points while sophomore
Lauren Cannatelli chipped in 15 points on four threes.
Davidson lost its third in the row with a 61-52 loss at home to Richmond on Saturday. Despite Lyon's 20-point performance, the Wildcats shot just 32.7% from the floor en route to their eighth A-10 loss of the season.
THE SERIES
The Flyers and Wildcats have met just twice before with Dayton winning both contests. UD won by 16 at Davidson in 2015 and then won by 11 at home last year.
AUSTRIA SCORES 1,000TH POINT
Dayton redshirt senior
Kelley Austria joined the 1,000 point club against Duquense on Jan. 10, 2017 after her 18-point performance in the victory. She is the 24th Flyer in program history to reach that mark as she moved into the Top 25 all-time in scoring at Dayton. Austria achieved that mark in just 105 career games.
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 was also named All-Tournament team at the Cavalier Classic, joined by junior
JaVonna Layfield.
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 Preseason 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.
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.
AT THE BUZZER
Dayton earned a late victory at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 4, 2017 with a game-winning three-pointer by senior
Christy Macioce with eight seconds on the clock to defeat the Bonnies 62-60. It was the first home Atlantic 10 loss for SBU since Feb. 25, 2015, spanning nine games.
FLYERS IN REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE PLAY
Dayton has won 69 of its last 85 regular season Atlantic 10 games (.810), 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.
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 faced the 30th toughest strength of schedule in Division I this season.
70'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
Since the 2009-10 season, Dayton is 129-14 (.901) 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.
2016-17Â Â Â 8-1
2015-16Â Â Â 10-2
2014-15Â Â Â 24-2
2013-14Â Â Â 19-4
2012-13Â Â Â 21-1
2011-12Â Â Â 13-1
2010-11Â Â Â 15-1
2009-10Â Â Â 19-2
TOTALÂ Â Â 129-14
THREE POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 496 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 2,878, Dayton ranks 34th 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.
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