SCOUTING DAYTON
Coming off a 52-39 loss at George Washington on Sunday ending an 11-game winning steak ... 6-3 in home games ... senior Saicha Grant-Allen leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in offensive rebounds (4.0) ... UD ranks third in the A-10 in scoring (65.6) ... has a +6.1 scoring margin.

2016-17 DAYTON LEADERS
Points: Jenna Burdette (12.3)
Rebounds: Saicha Grant-Allen (8.8)
Assists: Jenna Burdette (4.7)
Steals: Kelley Austria (1.7)
Blocks: Alex Harris (1.8)
3-Pointers: Kelley Austria (1.6)

2016-17 DAYTON TEAM STATS
Points/Margin: 65.6/+6.1
Rebounds/Margin: 41.8/4.9
Assists/Margin: 13.4/+1.2
Steals/Margin: 5.7/-0.6

DUQUESNE AND DAYTON ALL-TIME
This is the 40th game between the Dukes and Flyers.

Overall: Duquesne leads 20-19
in Atlantic 10 games: Duquesne leads 20-15
in Dayton: Dayton leads 11-8
in Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 12-6
in Lowell, Mass.: Dayton leads 1-0
in Richmond: Dayton leads 1-0
in the A-10 Championship: Dayton leads 2-0
in Midwestern Collegiate Conference: Dayton leads 2-0

THE LAST MEETING
Four Dukes scored in double figures, but a 4th quarter comeback would fall short as Dayton defeated Duquesne 75-64 on Jan. 3rd. Chassidy Omogrosso led the Dukes (9-9, 2-3 A-10) with 21 points, Kadri-Ann Lass added 12 points and Amadea Szamosi and Julijana Vojinovic each had 11. Szamosi had a team-high eight rebounds. Kelley Austria scored a game-high 18 points for the Flyers (10-7, 4-1 A-10). Saicha Grant-Allen pulled down 16 rebounds.

CLOSE CALLS
Duquesne and Dayton have had 11 games that have been decided by four points or less.

Jan. 13, 1993 - In the series' first contest, Dayton scored the last 13 points of the game, coming back from a 67-58 deficit in their 71-67 victory at the Palumbo Center.

Jan. 29, 1999 - Despite having a pair of leads inside of five minutes, Duquesne could not hold off Dayton 64-62 at UD Arena.

Feb. 7, 1999 - With Duquesne down 58-56 with under two minutes to play, Sherri Hannan's 3-pointer followed by Kelly Eberhardt's jumper gave the then-called Lady Dukes a 61-58 lead. UD's Kizzy Dawson hit a field goal in the waning seconds, but the Flyers could not force a turnover as Duquesne came away with a 61-60 victory at the Palumbo Center.

Jan. 30, 2000 - LynnDee Howell's layup in the final seconds gave Duquesne its first - and only - lead of the game and completed a 14-4 run in the Dukes' 66-65 victory at the Palumbo Center.

Feb. 7, 2001 - Khahilah Este-Shehu's basket sent the game into overtime at 64-64 as the Dukes led the majority of the extra period in their 71-67 win at the Palumbo Center.

Feb. 24, 2002 - Dayton's Chrissy Donovan hit a free throw with nine seconds remaining to send the game into overtime tied at 63-63. UD hit four foul shots in the extra period to come away with a 71-69 win at UD Arena.

Jan. 30, 2005 - With Duquesne up one point, Dayton's Jennifer Strong converted an and-1 with 10 seconds remaining to give the Flyers a 55-54 win at UD Arena.

Jan. 21, 2009 - Down 10 with 5:22 remaining, Duquesne was able to cut the deficit to one point three times, but could not tie or go ahead in Dayton's 77-75 win at UD Arena.

Jan. 15, 2011 - Dayton's Kari Daugherty's game-tying 3-pointer with five seconds did not fall. Orsi Szecsi iced the game at the line in Duquesne's 61-57 win at UD Arena.

Feb. 18, 2013 - A pair of last second shots did not go down for Duquesne as Dayton came away with a 58-57 win at UD Arena. The teams combined for 15 empty possessions in the final 2:31 after a pair of Ally Malott foul shots proved to be the game-winner.

Feb. 21, 2016 - Duquesne made 10 straight free throws in the final 1:18 of overtime to come away with a 76-72 victory over the University of Dayton at UD Arena.

UP NEXT
The Dukes remain on the road and will face Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon.