Dayton Flyers stay tied atop Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball standings with rout of Richmond

The Dayton Flyers outscored Richmond 21-1 in the first quarter and cruised to an 80-57 victory Wednesday night at the Robins Center in Richmond, Va., staying tied for first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference women’s basketball standings.

Dayton (15-3, 6-0) is tied with Rhode Island (16-3, 6-0). Both teams have won nine straight games. This is the fifth time in Dayton coach Shauna Green’s six seasons the team has had a winning streak of at least nine games.

Dayton and Rhode Island play twice in the last four games of the regular season: Feb. 16 at Rhode Island; and Feb. 26 at UD Arena.

Jenna Giacone led the Flyers with 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting. It was her highest points total since she scored 28 against Toledo in the third game of the season.

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Makira Cook added 16 points and nine rebounds. Tenin Magassa had 10 points, five rebounds and three blocks.

Eleven players scored for Dayton. Araion Bradshaw led the team with seven assists and four steals.

The Flyers opened the game with a 7-0 run. Richmond scored its first point on a free-throw at the 7:57 mark but missed its last 10 shots of the quarter while committing five turnovers. The Spiders ended the drought by making their first shot of the second quarter.

Richmond (12-9, 3-5) got as close as 13 points in the second quarter but trailed 41-24 at halftime and 67-44 after three quarters.

Dayton has won 16 straight games against Richmond since a loss in the A-10 tournament in 2009. At that point, Richmond led the series 10-3.

Dayton returns to action at 1 p.m. Sunday at Davidson (11-6, 2-3).

That makes 20 points for @jennagiacone12 tonight 😮‍💨#GoFlyers // #OneWay pic.twitter.com/x0kaG1vCw8
— Dayton Women's Hoops (@DaytonWBB) January 27, 2022