DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team hosts St. Bonaventure in its final home game of the regular season on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at UD Arena.

SCOUTING THE FLYERS
Dayton is 20-8 overall this season with a 13-1 Atlantic 10 mark and a 10-2 home record. The Flyers are coming off their first loss since Dec. 20.

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.

As a team, the Flyers are scoring 63.5 points per game and giving up just 57.4 points to opponents. Dayton is shooting 38.0 percent overall, 33.0 percent from three, and 70.9 percent from the free throw line. UD benefits from a +2.5 rebounding margin and +1.7 turnover margin.

Dayton is led by redshirt junior Erin Whalen with 13.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while senior Jayla Scaife is chipping in 12.3 points and 5.2 boards each outing as well.

SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE
St. Bonaventure comes to UD Arena with a 7-20 record on the season and 4-10 A-10 mark. The Bonnies have lost three in a row and are 0-11 away from home this season.

Head coach Jesse Fleming is in his fourth season at St. Bonaventure and a former assistant at Bowling Green.

This season, St. Bonaventure is averaging 58.6 points each contest and giving up 57.1 points to opposing teams. The Bonnies are shooting 39.2 percent from the floor, 30.5 percent from behind the arc, and 77.7 percent from the charity stripe. SBU faces a -5.4 rebounding margin as well.

Leading the Bonnies is Asianae Johnson with 12.6 points and 5.3 boards each contest while Dajah Logan is adding 9.2 points and has hit 42 threes this season.  

LAST TIME OUT
Dayton suffered its first loss in 16 games with a 50-38 loss at Fordham on Saturday. The Flyers had an eight-minute scoring drought that made the comeback difficult in the tough environment.

St. Bonaventure lost a home game against Richmond Sunday 72-58. The Bonnies had a tough first half and were led by Deja Francis with 11 points and six assists.

THE SERIES
Dayton and St. Bonaventure have played 27 times previously with the Flyers winning 17 times and the Bonnies winning 10 times. UD has won three in a row and seven of the last eight contests, including last year's meeting, 62-49.

STATISTICAL RANKINGS
The Flyers rank 36th in the country in scoring defense and 43rd in field goal percentage defense. Individually, Shakeela Fowler ranks 27th in the nation in free throw percentage.

FLYERS CLINCH SHARE OF A-10 TITLE
On Feb. 19, Dayton defeated George Washington 50-44 and clinched at least a share of the Atlantic 10 regular season title. One more victory or a loss by VCU will give Dayton the title outright. The Flyers also earned the No. 1 seed in this year's A-10 Championship.

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 112 of its last 138 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 3,019, Dayton ranks 43rd currently out of 351 Division I programs and leads the A-10.

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 597 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.

UP NEXT
Dayton finishes up the regular season on Saturday at Saint Louis at 8 p.m. ET.