Rhode Island Starters
Phillips, Dutat, Touré, Debroise, Davis

Dayton Starters
Kozlova, Jones, Wolf, Perez, Bohanon

How it Happened
Rhode Island closed out the regular season with a statement, dismantling Dayton 77-42 on the road Saturday afternoon.

The Rams (18-13, 10-8 Atlantic 10) scored the first 13 points of the game and never looked back. Holding Dayton to 23 percent (15-of-64) shooting from the field – including zero percent from the arc (0-for-13) – Rhody smothered the Flyers (11-18, 5-13 A-10).

The lead 's lead never dipped below eight points after the initial surge. A 3-pointer by Sophie Phillips put URI ahead 24-12 just three minutes into the second quarter, and the advantage stayed in double figures the remainder of the game.

Inside the Box Score

• This was Rhode Island's second straight win for the Rams over Dayton. Before last season, the Flyers had won 20 in a row in the series.
• It was the first win at UD Arena for the Rams in program history. Rhody was 0-15 before Saturday's win. 
• Rhode Island got scoring from 10 of the 11 players who saw the court.
• The win was career victory number 90 for head coach Tammi Reiss, who is 90-51 in five years at URI.
• The Rhode Island bench scored 35 points, nearly matching Dayton's total output.
• Rhody outscored Dayton 22-7 off turnovers and 48-26 in the paint.
• The Rams had 20 assists, with four different players recording at least three. Sophie Phillips had six, Dee Dee Davis had five and Ines Debroise and Sophie Vital both had three.
• Davis led URI with 16 points, while adding nine rebounds and five assists.
• Guard Teisha Hyman added 12 points and eight boards.
• Center Tenin Magassa was strong on both ends of the floor, delivering eight points, seven rebounds four blocks and a steal.
• Forward Mayé Touré had nine points and seven rebounds, five of which came on the offensive glass.
• Forward Hawa Komara had six points and nine rebounds.
• Guard Sophia Vital had six points, three rebounds and three assists.
• Guard Sophie Phillips scored six points and had a career-high six assists.
• Phillips is now in sole possession of fourth place on Rhode Island's career list with 160 3-point baskets, passing current associate head coach Megan Shoniker. Next on the list is Dayna Smith, who had 184 from 1992-96.

Up Next
The Atlantic 10 Championship. While the league has yet to announce the full bracket, Rhode Island will be the No. 6 seed and will play on Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the second round of the tournament. Rhody's will play a yet-to-be-determined opponent.