DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team hosts VCU Sunday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m. at UD Arena on ESPNU. It will be Senior Day for the Flyers and a big Atlantic 10 showdown between the top two teams in the standings.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
Dayton is 18-7 on the season and 11-0 in A-10 play. The Flyers are 8-2 at home this season and currently riding a 13-game winning streak.

Head coach Shauna Green is in her fourth season in charge of the Flyers and already has two tournament and one regular season conference titles, as well as being the former A-10 Coach of the Year in 2018. She recently earned her 100th career victory.

As a team, the Flyers are scoring 64.8 points per game and holding opponents to 57.8 points each contest. Dayton is shooting 38.1 percent overall, 33.6 percent from three point range, and 71.3 percent from the free throw line. UD is one of the top rebounding teams in the league with a +2.2 margin and has a +2.5 turnover margin.

Dayton is led by redshirt junior Erin Whalen with 12.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while senior Jayla Scaife is right there with 12.7 points and 5.2 boards per outing.

SCOUTING VCU
VCU comes to UD Arena with a 14-10 record on the year and 9-2 conference mark, sitting just behind the Flyers in second in the A-10 standings. The Rams are 5-5 on the road this season and have won two of three.

Head coach Beth O'Boyle is in her fourth season at VCU and coming off her 100th career victory for the Rams.

This season, VCU is averaging 59.3 points each contest and allowing 57.3 points to opposing teams. The Rams are shooting 41.6 percent from the field, 29.4 percent from behind the arc, and 69.0 percent from the charity stripe. VCU faces a -1.8 rebounding margin, but has a +1.8 turnover margin.

Leading the Rams is Tera Reed with 15.3 points and a 44.8 field goal percentage. Danielle Hammond is adding 11.0 points and 5.7 boards each outing as well.

LAST TIME OUT
Dayton snuck a road win at Massachusetts Wednesday 52-51 after Jayla Scaife hit a pair of free throws with eight seconds left to put UD ahead. Julia Chandler recorded a double-double to lead the way.

VCU earned a 56-47 victory over St. Bonaventure despite a tied score going into the fourth. It was Coach Boyle's 100th win at VCU and was led by Tera Reed's game-high 22 points.

THE SERIES
Dayton and VCU have played 10 times previously on a series that dates back to 2013. The Flyers have won seven times, but the Rams won both meetings last year, including in the A-10 Semifinals.

STATISTICAL RANKINGS
The Flyers 44th in the country in rebounds and 47th in scoring defense. Individually, Shakeela Fowler ranks 42nd in the nation in free throw percentage.

60 AND UNDER
Dayton has not allowed an opponent to score more than 60 points since its first win of the 11-game winning streak against East Carolina on Dec. 21.

SCAIFE NAMED A-10 POW
Senior forward Jayla Scaife earned her first A-10 Player of the Week honors on Jan. 27 after averaging 20.5 points an 9.0 rebounds in Dayton's two wins over George Washington and Fordham.

STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT
In Coach Green's four year tenure at UD, the Flyers are 28-2 in the month of January including perfect marks in 2016-17, 2017-18, and this season as well.

FLYERS BY 40
Dayton defeated La Salle on Jan. 4, 2020 in the A-10 opener 98-58, the first 40-point win for the Flyers since defeating La Salle on Feb. 22, 2015, 91-49, at home. Dayton scored 94+ points in two of three straight games.

CHALLENGED EARLY AND OFTEN
Dayton created one of the hardest non-conference schedules in program history, taking on three nationally ranked teams in the first seven games, and facing numerous 2019 NCAA Tournament participants. The Flyers have already played No. 6 South Carolina, No. 4 UConn, No. 21 Gonzaga, three-peat MAC Champions Central Michigan, and former NCAA participants Northeastern, Auburn, and Maine.

FLYERS IN REGULAR SEASON LEAGUE PLAY
Dayton has won 110 of its last 135 regular season Atlantic 10 games (.812), 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'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE
On Dec. 5, 2019, the Flyers played in front of 10,554 fans at UD Arena while hosting Morehead State. The record-breaking 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. It was the fourth largest crowd for a NCAA women's game this year and biggest in program history. With a home attendance average of 2,605, Dayton ranked 48th out of 349 DI programs last season.

COACH GREEN EARNS 100th CAREER WIN
Dayton head coach Shauna Green earned her 100th career win with a 59-55 victory over George Mason on Jan. 8, 2020 at UD Arena. With a previous coaching stint at Loras College, Green has amassed over 70 wins at UD alone.

POSTSEASON EXPECTATION
The Flyers have made 12-consecutive postseason appearances between the NCAA Division I Tournament and the Women's National Invitational Tournament. Here are the past 12 campaigns
Year    Record    Postseason
2018-19    17-14    WNIT - 1st Round
2017-18    23-6    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round *
2016-17    22-10    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round
2015-16    14-15    WNIT - 1st Round
2014-15    27-6    NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight
2013-14    23-8    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round
2012-13    28-3    NCAA Tournament - 2nd Round
2011-12    23-7    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round
2010-11    21-12    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round
2009-10    25-8    NCAA Tournament - 1st Round
2008-09    21-14    WNIT - 2nd Round
2007-08    25-9    WNIT - 1st Round

THREE POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
Dayton has hit at least one three-point shot in 594 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.

PRESEASON POLL
Dayton was picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll behind conference favorites and reigning A-10 Champions VCU. The Flyers were tabbed to finish ahead of Fordham (2019 A-10 Tournament Champions) and Saint Louis.

PRESEASON HONORS
The Atlantic 10 released its preseason all-conference teams and recognized senior Jayla Scaife as First Team All-Conference and All-Defensive Team. She was the lone Flyer honored preseason.

70'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
Since the 2009-10 season, Dayton is 165-20 (.898) when scoring 70 or more points, including 11-1 in 2016-17. 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.
2019-20    6-2
2018-19    12-2
2017-18    15-2
2016-17    11-1
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    165-20

SCAIFE JOINS 1,000-POINT, 500 REBOUND CLUB
Senior Jayla Scaife scored her 1,000th career point on March 8 against Davidson in the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals. She became the 27th player in program history to achieve the mark, and in only three seasons. This season, on Dec. 1, she recorded the 500th rebound of her career, becoming only the 15th player to have 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in UD history.

NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
• This past summer, senior Jayla Scaife was invited to the USA Basketball Pan-American Games trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. She spent the week training with some of the top collegiate players in the nation.

FRESHMAN DUO TO MISS 2019-20 SEASON
Dayton freshmen Nadjy Tyler and Destiny Bohanon will redshirt for the 2019-20 season due to injuries in the preseason.

DAYTON ADDS AUBURN TRANSFER PERRY
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Maliya Perry was high school teammates with current Flyer Kyla Whitehead at Pickerington Central High School. There she was the No. 98 ranked prospect by Prospects Nation and the No. 28 ranked guard nationally by ESPN HoopGurlz. Perry guided her high school to a state championship in 2018 and runner-up finish in 2019. She earned Columbus Dispatch All-Metro team honors. Perry is a 6-0 forward who played in three games at Auburn this season before transferring. She shot 50 percent from the field and was perfect from three-point range. She enrolled at Dayton for the spring semester 7of 2020.

FORMER FLYER KRISTIN DAUGHERTY NAMED TO DAYTON HALL OF FAME
Former Dayton women's basketball player and 2011 graduate Kristin Daugherty Ronai was inducted to the Dayton Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class. Joining former men's basketball player Chris Wright and former Director of Athletics Tim Wabler, Daugherty became the 20th women's basketball player to receive this honor.

UP NEXT
Dayton remains at home to host George Washington Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at UD Arena.