SCHEDULE/SCORES: JANUARY WINDS DOWN

We are just a month away from the new first round format of the 2017 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship! Here's the schedule and scores for games through February 1st as we getting ready to make the turn and hit the homestretch of the regular season.

Here's a reminder of the tournament format this season:

--The #1 and #2 seeds earn byes to March 3 quarterfinals at Richmond Coliseum.
--Remaining seeds square off in first round games on campus sites at higher seed the weekend of February 25 and 26:

#14 at #3
#13 at #4
#12 at #5
#11 at #6
#10 at #7
#9 at #8

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TUESDAY JANUARY 24:
Dayton 60, George Mason 48

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25:
Saint Joseph's 75, Rhode Island 49
La Salle 68, UMass 64
St. Bonaventure 70, Davidson 51
Duquesne 73, Richmond 61

THURSDAY JANUARY 26:
Saint Louis 67, George Washington 59

SATURDAY JANUARY 28:
La Salle 59, George Mason 57
VCU 55, UMass 52
Richmond 61, Davidson 52
Dayton 81, Rhode Island 51
Saint Louis 82, Fordham 58

SUNDAY JANUARY 29:
Saint Joseph's 70, St. Bonaventure 53
Duquesne 73, George Washington 63

TUESDAY JANUARY 31:
VCU 57, Richmond 55

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1:
George Washington 63, Fordham 46
Saint Louis 81, UMass 60
Dayton 68, Davidson 52
Saint Joseph's 60, Duquesne 58
La Salle 58, Rhode Island 49

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD

We're just over a month away from the start of the 2017 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship, and wins are more precious than ever, as two teams will earn byes straight to the quarterfinals at the Richmond Coliseum on March 3rd, while six other teams, by clinching seeds three through eight, will host a first round game on campus the final week of February.

Here's a look at this weekend's action as the stakes draw even higher in conference play:

SATURDAY JANUARY 21:

La Salle 65, Davidson 58
Saint Louis 68, Rhode Island 50
VCU 61, Fordham 58
George Washington 60, UMass 54 (2 OT)
Dayton 64, Saint Joseph's 57 (OT)
St. Bonaventure 69, Duquesne 56

SUNDAY JANUARY 22:

George Mason 54, Richmond 50

Wednesday/Thursday Games

Fordham becomes the final A-10 team to lose in conference play as Saint Joseph's wins its fourth straight, while Davidson wins its first conference game, and Saint Louis is routed, while VCU wins and Richmond falls short in Wednesday night action.

WEDNESDAY:

VCU 68, Rhode Island 57
Davidson 58, George Mason 54
Duquesne 94, Saint Louis 65
Saint Joseph's 47, Fordham 44
La Salle 63, Richmond 58

THURSDAY:

St. Bonaventure 55, UMass 38

Weekly Honors: Colonials, Minutewomen Earn Awards.....

George Washington’s Martins Named A-10 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

Massachusetts’ Leidel Named A-10 Rookie of the Week

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — George Washington’s Lexi Martins was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while Massachusetts’ freshman Hailey Leidel earned Rookie of the Week honors. The awards, announced Monday, were for games played Jan. 9-15.

Martins continued her strong performance in conference play averaging a double-double in two standout performances last week to lead the Colonials to a 2-0 week. She opened her week with 16 points and 10 rebounds in an overtime win at George Mason on Wednesday. Against Davidson, the graduate student from Irvington, N.Y., was 7-of-11 (.636) from the field on the way to a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double. For the week, she averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 blocks.

Leidel had a huge week in leading UMass to a pair of victories this week with a road win at Davidson followed by a home win against Duquesne. The freshman from Brownstown, Mich., hit the game-winning, buzzer-beating 3-pointer against the Wildcats highlighting a week in which she averaged 21 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals.  In the road win at Davidson, Leidel scored 20 points and was 5-of-11 beyond the arc. In the win over Duquesne, she scored 22 points with eight rebounds and five steals. Overall, she was 9-of-20 (.450) from 3-point range and 11-of-12 (.910) at the free throw line over two games.

Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor Roll

Davidson’s Mackenzie Latt averaged a double-double for the week in games against UMass and George Washington with 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds last week…Dayton’s Kelley Austria became the 24th Dayton Flyer to score 1,000 points in her career with 18 points in the win at Duquesne on Tuesday. Dayton freshman Jayla Scaife had 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field against Saint Louis…George Mason’s Kara Wright averaged 18.5 points, 9.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week for the Patriots. Freshman teammate Jacy Bolton posted her first career double-double 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win over VCU…Rhode Island freshman Nicole Jorgensen averaged 10.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots per game over two contests. She recorded her second career double-double with 16 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks in 20 minutes off the bench against Richmond…Janelle Hubbard scored in double-figures in both games last week for the Spiders, averaging 12.5 points over two contests. Richmond freshman Amy Duggan had eight points and three steals in the road victory over Rhode Island…St. Bonaventure’s Gabby Richmondaveraged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds over two games for the Bonnies…Saint Joseph’s Adashia Franklyn averaged a double-double, 11.0 points and 10.0 rebounds, over two games last week as the Hawks recorded victories against VCU and La Salle.

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD

SATURDAY:

Saint Joseph's 75, La Salle 55
Richmond 58, Rhode Island 53

SUNDAY:

Dayton 78, Saint Louis 67
UMass 75, Duquesne 67
George Mason 70, VCU 59
Fordham 60, St. Bonaventure 44
George Washington 76, Davidson 62

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY RESULTS

Most midweek games were at midday across the Atlantic 10 as thousands of school children in Atlantic 10 markets had the chance to take in a game! Here's the scoreboard:

WEDNESDAY:

George Washington 79, George Mason 71 (OT)
Saint Joseph's 64, VCU 58
Fordham 67, Richmond 41
Saint Louis 64, St. Bonaventure 49
Harvard 66, La Salle 64 (non-conference game)

THURSDAY:

UMass 61, Davidson 60

Fordham Tops League, Sweeps Weekly Honors

Fordham’s Davis, Kreslina Earn A-10 Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors

Fordham’s Davis Named A-10 Player of the Week

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Fordham’s G’Mrice Davis was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Players of the Week while freshman teammate Kate Kreslina earned Rookie of the Week honors. The awards, announced Monday, were for games played Jan. 2-8.

Davis averaged 20.5 points and 13.5 rebounds on 18-of-31 shooting (.581) from the field over two games last week for the Rams. The junior from Philadelphia, recorded double-double performances in both games, including 27 points and 13 rebounds against Davidson and 14 points and 14 rebounds against George Mason.

Kreslina averaged 11.5 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field along with 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a pair of wins for the Rams. The redshirt freshman from Riga, Latvia, had 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting against Davidson with a pair of three-point field goals. She followed with nine points and three rebounds along with several key free throws in the second half in a win over George Mason as the Rams remained unbeaten in conference play.

Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor Roll

Davidson’s Mackenzie Latt averaged 18.5 points and nine rebound last week, while reaching the 1,000-point mark for her career against Duquesne…Kelley Austria led the Flyers to wins over St. Bonaventure and George Washington last week. The redshirt senior guard had a strong pair of games, averaging 16.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per game…Duquesne’s Chassidy Omogrosso recorded a career-high 20 points and nine assists to go with six rebounds in the Dukes’ victory over Davidson…George Mason’s Kara Wright posted her fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and a career-high tying 11 rebounds in a 53-49 loss to Fordham. Freshman teammate Alexsis Grate tied a career high with 11 points in a loss to Fordham on Saturday. The guard also matched a career high with four assists in 19 minutes off the bench…George Washington’s Lexi Martins recorded double-doubles in both performances last week, averaging 14.0 points and 11.5 rebounds…Rhode Island’s Charise Wilson posted her third-straight scoring performance of more than 26 points in conference play and is now averaging 31.0 points per game in A-10 play. Making her first career start last week, Rhode Island freshman Nay Lassiter scored a career-high 12 points against UMass…St. Bonaventure’s Mariah Ruffmatched a career-high of 25 points, adding four rebounds and three assists on 8-of-17 shooting and 5-of-9 from long range vs. Dayton…Richmond’sLauren Tolson averaged a double-double for the second straight week after recording 17 points and eight rebounds in a loss to VCU and nine points and a career-high 14 points against Bona. Jaide Hinds-Clarke recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds against VCU…Saint Louis’ Sadie Stipanovich posted consecutive double-doubles in wins over George Mason and VCU. The double-doubles were her fifth and sixth of the season.