Women’s basketball: Dayton to play GW or Richmond in A-10 quarterfinals

UD received first-round by earning one of top-two seeds
Dayton’s Shauna Green presents Jayla Scaife with a basketball in honor of her 1,000th career point, scored late last season, before a game against Lipscomb on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at UD Arena. David Jablonski/Staff

Dayton’s Shauna Green presents Jayla Scaife with a basketball in honor of her 1,000th career point, scored late last season, before a game against Lipscomb on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at UD Arena. David Jablonski/Staff

The Dayton Flyers women’s basketball team will open the Atlantic 10 tournament Friday as the No. 1 seed, playing No. 8 seed George Washington (14-15, 8-8) or No. 9 seed Richmond (14-16, 7-9) in the quarterfinals at 11 a.m. at UD Arena.

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Dayton (22-8, 15-1) closed the regular season Saturday with a 78-66 victory at Saint Louis. The Flyers won the regular-season title by two games over Virginia Commonwealth (18-11, 13-3).

Dayton seeks its first A-10 tournament championship since 2017 and its third overall. It also won in 2012.

The first-round games will be held on campus sites, while the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game will be held at UD Arena. Dayton and No. 2 seed VCU received first-round byes.

Here’s the schedule:

TUESDAY

First round (all games on ESPN+)

Game 1: No. 8 George Washington (Host) vs. No. 9 Richmond, 7 p.m.

Game 2: No. 4 Saint Louis (Host) vs. No. 13 George Mason, 8 p.m.

Game 3: No. 5 Massachusetts (Host) vs. No. 12 St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.

Game 4: No. 7 Davidson (Host) vs. No. 10 La Salle, 7 p.m.

Game 5: No. 3 Fordham (Host) vs. No. 14 Saint Joseph's, 7 p.m.

Game 6: No. 6 Duquesne (Host) vs. No. 11 Rhode Island, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY

Quarterfinals (all games on ESPN+)

Game 7: No. 1 Dayton vs. winner of Game 1, 11 a.m.

Game 8: Winner of Game 2 vs. winner of Game 3, 2 p.m.

Game 9: No. 2 VCU vs. winner of Game 4, 4:30 p.m.

Game 10: Winner of Game 5 vs. winner of Game 6, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Semifinals (Both games on CBS Sports Network)

Game 11: Winner of Game 7 vs. winner of Game 8, 11 a.m.

Game 12: Winner of Game 9 vs. winner of Game 10, 1:30 PM

SUNDAY

Championship game (ESPNU)

Game 13: Winner of Game 11 vs. winner of Game 12, Noon

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