March 1, 2006

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Dayton enters the 2006 Atlantic 10 Championships as the sixth seed following a 16-11 overall record in the regular season. The Flyers will be led by a pair of All Atlantic 10 selections in First Team pick Cara Wright and Second Team member Jennifer Strong.

Wright, a 6-0 senior forward from West Chester, Ohio, led the Atlantic 10 Conference with 14 double doubles this season and enters the A-10 Championship as the only player in the conference to average a double double this year. Wright led the A-10 and ranked 22nd nationally in rebounding at 10.1 per game. She also ranked third in the conference in scoring (15.7 ppg), third in blocks (1.6 bpg) and second in field goal percentage (.509).

Strong, a 6-0 junior forward from Warrensville, Ohio, earned her first All-Conference honor after ranking second on the Flyer roster and 18th in the A-10 in scoring this season at 12.0 ppg. She started all 27 games this year and leads UD with 70 consecutive starts in a row entering the A-10 Championship. Strong has scored in double figures during 19 of the last 23 games including a career-best 24 against Xavier on Jan. 19.

UD has been one of the most improved teams in the nation over the past two seasons under the direction of Head Coach Jim Jabir. In his first season with the Flyers, Dayton won just three games. Last year, UD had the fourth best single-season turnaround in the nation with 12 wins overall for a nine-game improvement. The Flyers have already won 16 games this season and are tied for the second best improvement in the NCAA from the 2003-04 season to the 2005-06 campaign.

Dayton's 16-11 regular season record was not only one of the best turnarounds in the nation, but is among the most successful seasons in Flyer women's basketball history. UD hit the 16-win plateau for just the third time in its Division I history and the first time since the 2000-01 season. This season's win total matches the third most wins since the current Flyer seniors were in preschool (1984-85 season). Dayton was also 8-8 in Atlantic 10 regular season games this season, which was one shy of its most ever wins in A-10 play.