PHILADELPHIA (1/17/03) - Junior Amra Mehmedic sank two of three free throws with 0.8 seconds left in regulation to give the Saint Joseph's women's basketball team (9-6, 4-0 A-10) a 61-60 victory over Dayton (9-6, 2-2 A-10) at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. The contest tipped-off at 11:30 AM in conjunction with SJU's fourth annual "Fieldtrip to the Fieldhouse" promotion, which brought children from throughout the Delaware Valley to Hawk Hill. "Through the whole game I struggled. I could not make a shot," stated Mehmedic, who connected on just 1-6 from the field and was held to four points. "Then they come to me on the last play and I get fouled...It was tough. I missed the first one, but then I said, 'Amra, you have to make the next two, because this game is not going into overtime'." A game which witnessed huge momentum shifts in the opening period was nip and tuck throughout the second half. The lead changed hands eight times and was tied on five occassions after intermission. UD was up by one, 60-59 when Leslie Burns dropped in a bucket with 1:12 left. After the Hawks failed to convert on the offensive end, Dayton's leading scorer Cyndi Stull had a chance to give the Flyers some breathing room with a pair of free throws with :18 seconds left. Stull, however, missed both ends of a two-shot foul to give the Hawks life. St. Joe's pushed the ball up the court quicky after the miss, but couldn't get a clean look from the top of the arc. Finally the ball was swung out to Mehmedic on the left side. The Bosnia native, who had been held to just two-points up to that point, fired up a three-pointer, but was fouled by UD's Chrissy Donovan with 0.8 second left. Dayton immediately called a timeout to ice the Hawk shooter, who had attempted just two charity tosses all season. Mehmedic obliged the Flyers by then missing the first of three free throw attempts. After another UD timeout, Mehmedic stepped up again, this time draining the charity toss to tie the game at 60-60. Dayton then called its final timeout. It did not matter. Mehmedic calmly sunk her final free throw to put the Hawks on top by one, 61-60. "Those were pressure free throws," related SJU head coach Cindy Griffin. "[Mehmedic] shoots very well from the foul line. She doesn't get there very much, but she makes them in practice all of the time. It was a matter of stepping up." The Flyers were able to inbound the ball, but UD's last second attempt was off the mark. The Hawks looked out of sorts in the early stages of the game, as Dayton raced out to a 14-2 lead less than five minutes into the action. Junior Erin Brady, who paced the Hawks with 18 points and six assists, keyed a 16-0 run by the Crimson and Gray over the next seven minutes. By the end of the spurt, SJU had erased a 12-point deficit and led by four-points, 18-14. Tit-for-tat, Dayton answered SJU with a 9-0 run of its own to go back on top, 23-18. The Hawks then used an 8-0 spurt to lead 26-23. UD scored the final five points of the period to lead at intermission, 28-26. Brady topped four Hawks in double figures, helping SJU post its second consecutive victory after trailing at halftime. Fellow junior Stephanie Graff notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and Irina Krasnoshiok added 11 points. Senior Colleen McGahan gave SJU a lift on the perimeter with 10 points. The Flyers Leslie Burns led all scorers with 20 points and collected 10 rebounds. Stephanie Miller tallied 15 and Sarah Allen chipped in 11. Saint Joseph's returns to the court on Sunday at La Salle in an Atlantic 10 and Big Five contest at noon . The Game, which will be televised on CN8, can be seen at 9:00 PM.