A huge win for Jim Jabir's Dayton Flyers, separating themselves from one key rival in the A-10 standings with a road victory over Duquesne, 87-77. After an 8-1 conference start, Duquesne has lost their last two and now must travel to play the other team ahead of them in the standings, the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure.
The Bonnies picked up an 88-66 win in Amherst over hard-luck UMass to wrestle sole possession of second place in the conference. St. Bonaventure shot 57.6 percent from the floor as Nyla Rueter scored a career-high 27 points.
La Salle held off Rhode Island in a defensive struggle, 50-42, to stay within reach of the top five in the conference. Micahya Owens led the Explorers in their annual "Pink Game" for the Play-4-Kay Breast Cancer Initiative with 18 points, Alicia Cropper had a double-double, the second of her career, tallying 13 points and 10 rebounds.
In the game of the day, VCU survived, literally, at the buzzer, holding off cross-town rival Richmond 63-62 to get back on the winning track. For a moment, it looked like the Spiders had taken one on their rivals' home floor, but after consulting replays, Genevieve Okoro's apparent game-winning layup was waved off, the officials saying it was not released in time.
Robyn Parks led the Rams with 19 points, while Kristina King led all scorers with 21 for Richmond.
NOTE: Richmond will be on TV for their next game, home to Fordham on Tuesday, 7pm, on CBS Sports Network.
Fordham held off George Washington in a top 5 league battle 67-58 Saturday.
And in Fairfax, George Mason watched a heartbreaker put yet another dagger into their quest for their first-ever league victory, leading but not able to hold off St. Louis in the end. The Billikens escaped the Beltway area with a 65-62 win.
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