No. 17 Dayton sinks VCU, moves to 6-0 in Atlantic 10
RICHMOND, Va. -- Andrea Hoover, Cassie Sant and Olivia Applewhite each notched double-doubles as No. 17 Dayton continued its best Atlantic 10 Conference start, defeating Virginia Commonwealth 60-49 on Wednesday night.
All three players grabbed 10 rebounds, with Hoover scoring 15 points, Sant 12 and Applewhite 10. The Flyers (18-1, 6-0), who entered the game 13th nationally with a plus-9.4 rebound margin, outboarded VCU 42-37.
VCU's Robyn Parks, who entered leading the A-10 with 17.8 points per game, scored 17 to go with 13 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Adaeze Alaeze added 14 points while hitting 7-of-8 free throws for the Rams (8-13, 1-5).
The teams entered one-two in the A-10 in 3-point shooting, but VCU made just 3 of 12 Wednesday while the Flyers hit 6 of 19.
VCU went nearly 8 minutes without scoring late in the first half, and Dayton used a 19-0 run en route to a 37-19 halftime lead.
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2021-22 Atlantic 10 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Dayton | 14-1 | - | 25-5 |
Rhode Island | 12-2 | 1.5 | 22-6 |
UMass | 11-4 | 3 | 26-6 |
VCU | 9-5 | 4.5 | 15-11 |
La Salle | 9-6 | 5 | 16-12 |
Fordham | 8-6 | 5.5 | 18-10 |
Saint Joseph's | 7-8 | 7 | 13-17 |
Richmond | 7-9 | 7.5 | 16-14 |
Davidson | 6-10 | 8.5 | 16-14 |
Duquesne | 6-10 | 8.5 | 11-18 |
Saint Louis | 5-9 | 8.5 | 9-18 |
George Washington | 4-11 | 10 | 13-18 |
St. Bonaventure | 4-12 | 10.5 | 12-16 |
George Mason | 3-12 | 11 | 10-19 |