Top-seeded Dayton women win A-10 Tournament, head to NCAAs
Kelley Austria scored 20 points and Saicha Grant-Allen added her seventh double-double of the season in leading Dayton over Duquesne 70-56 on Sunday in the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game.
The victory sends the Flyers back to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in eight seasons after getting knocked out in their first game of last year's conference tournament.
[...] the Flyers are back under first-year head coach Shauna Green, who took over the program after the sudden resignation of Jim Jabir in September after 13 seasons.
The Flyers went ahead 32-29 at halftime after consecutive baskets by Harris and Burdette, part of a 14-3 run over the final five minutes that included nine straight points from Scaife.