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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Dayton's long range shooting was enough for the Flyers to defeat the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team 83-66 in the quarterfinal game of the Atlantic 10 Championship at Show Place Arena on Saturday night.

St. Bonaventure drops to 22-9 on the season and awaits the possibility of a postseason berth. Dayton advances to the semifinals, improving to 24-6 and takes on the winner of the Temple/Duquesne game.

Redshirt sophomore Armelia Horton paced the Bonnies with a career-high 23 points, going 7-of-13 from the floor and 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. She also dished out a team-high four assists and picked up two steals and led the Bonnies' for the fifth consecutive game in rebounding grabbing eight.

Senior Dana Mitchell was the only other Bonnie joining Horton in double-digits, adding 18 of her own which included 13 in the second half. She went 5-of-14 from the floor and 8-for-11 from the line.

St. Bonaventure shot 35 percent (18-51) from the field including 3-of-9 from beyond the arc while Dayton fired on all cylinders making 29-of-62 (47 percent) including 11-of-27 from long range. Helping from beyond the arc was sophomore Justine Raterman who led the Flyers with 20 points on 8-of-12 from the floor including a game-high four from beyond the arc.

The Flyers showed their size, dominating the boards 43-30 including 13 offensive rebounds that led to 20 second chance points. The Flyers also capitalized on the Bonnies'13 turnovers scoring 23 points.

Despite the Brown and White hitting the first basket courtesy of Mitchell, the Flyers led for the remainder of the game, taking their largest lead of the game (18), 70-52, with 4:27 left in the game. The Bonnies closed to within three twice early in the second half, but could not muster enough to push past Dayton.

Dayton jumped out in front 28-13 courtesy of four of the Flyers' six first half three-pointers with 8:01 left in the game. The 15-point deficit was the largest of the half before Horton sparked a 10-0 run with a short-range jumper.

Sophomore Jessica Jenkins hit her only three of the night followed by Horton's traditional three-point play before Megan Van Tatenhove hit two from the line to bring the Bonnies within five, 28-23, with 5:35 on the clock.

The Flyers pulled ahead to a 10-point lead, before a three-point play by Horton closed the half 37-30. Horton picked up 12 of her points in the first half while grabbing six rebounds.

Senior Andrea Doneth hit eight points including two from the long range and grabbed five rebounds. Van Tatenhove grabbed a team-high four offensive rebounds to lead to seven total while chipping in six points.

Dayton's Patrice Lalor (18) and Kayla Moses (10) joined Raterman in double digits. Brittany Wilson also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds

St. Bonaventure now waits until “Selection Monday” on March 15 to see if they earned a postseason berth.