George Washington University Athletics
GW Women's Hoops Clashes With Dayton on Sunday Afternoon
1/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Jan. 9, 2016
| George Washington Colonials (12-3, 2-0 A-10) at Dayton Flyers (8-5, 1-1 A-10) | |
| WHEN | Sunday, Jan. 10 | 2:00 p.m. |
| LOCATION | UD Arena (13,544), Dayton, Ohio |
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WASHINGTON -- Riding a seven-game winning streak, the George Washington women's basketball team visits perennial Atlantic 10 power Dayton on Sunday afternoon for a rematch of the 2015 A-10 championship contest. The game, which tips at 2 p.m. at UD Arena, will be televised nationally by CBS Sports Network with Dan Mason and Allie LaForce on the call.
The Colonials and Flyers will meet for the ninth time in the last four seasons on Sunday. GW beat Dayton three times a year ago, including a 75-62 come-from-behind victory in the A-10 title game. Tournament MVP Jonquel Jones scored 16 of her game-high 21 points in the second half as the Colonials rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit.
GW leads the all-time series with Dayton, 28-8, including 13-3 at UD Arena. The Colonials snapped the Flyers' 31-game home winning streak, which was the longest in the nation at the time, in last season's 69-66 victory in Dayton. Jones has averaged 18.5 points and 13.3 rebounds in six career against the Flyers.
GW enters Sunday's contest with a seven-game winning streak dating to Dec. 6. The Colonials are outscoring opponents by 14.9 points per game during the streak following Wednesday's 68-52 victory over A-10 rival Rhode Island. Jones (19 points, 17 rebounds) and junior Caira Washington (15 points, 10 rebounds) each notched double-doubles to pace GW.
The Colonials' defense has been dominant over the last four games, limiting Illinois, Hartford, Saint Joseph's and Rhode Island to just 51.3 points on 30.1 percent shooting, including 17.6 percent from long distance. Through two league contests, GW leads the A-10 in field goal percentage defense (.272) and three-point defense (.133).
A national player of the year candidate, Jones continues to lead the nation in rebounding (15.2 rpg) while ranking second in the conference in scoring (16.9 ppg) and second in the NCAA in double-doubles (12). She moved into fourth place all-time at GW with 853 rebounds as a Colonial on Wednesday, and her 933 career caroms rank ninth among all active Division I players.
Jones and Washington (13.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg) form the highest-scoring and highest-rebounding tandem in the Atlantic 10, as the duo combines for 30.8 points and 23.9 rebounds per game. Paced by their starting front court, GW leads the nation in rebounding (52.1 rpg) and ranks second in rebounding margin (+18.7 rpg). The Colonials have won the battle of the boards in all 15 games this season and in 45-of-47 since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
Dayton (8-5, 1-1 A-10) had dropped four of five games before defeating A-10 rival Richmond, 60-48, on the road. Saicha Grant-Allen posted a double-double with game highs of 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Flyers, who are playing without two injured starters, including leading scorer Amber Deane (15.3 ppg), who has been out for the last four contests. Grant-Allen is Dayton's top rebounder (7.8 rpg), who also averages 10.3 points per game with a team-best .515 shooting percentage, and Jenna Burdette is also a double-digit scorer (10.5 ppg) while leading the Flyers in assists (3.8 apg). Burdette and Lauren Cannatelli give Dayton a 1-2 punch from deep, as the duo ranks fourth and fifth in the A-10 in three-point percentage, and Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in blocked shots (3.4 bpg).
A 2015 NCAA Elite Eight participant, Dayton -- which graduated a pair of three-time all-conference selections and WNBA draft picks in Andrea Hoover and Ally Malott -- is averaging 68.8 points per game as a team and ranks second in the A-10 in three-point percentage (.337).
