While the nation was captivated by the March Madness games Thursday and Friday, the women's basketball team decided to add to the insanity Saturday.

The UD women beat ninth-seeded Texas Christian University on Brittany Wilson's layup with 1.1 seconds left, 67-66, to win the program's first ever NCAA tournament game.

Wilson, a freshman averaging 12 minutes and just 4.9 points per game on the season, came up with the biggest points of her career during the most important minutes so far for the Dayton women's basketball team.

After being down by as many as 18 points in the second half, the resilient Flyers made a run and locked TCU down in the game's closing minutes for the victory.

"Just to have that composure and that competitiveness not to quit," head coach Jim Jabir said. "I was very proud of our kids."

With under a minute left, Wilson scored on a jump shot in the lane to put Dayton ahead 65-64. TCU came right back however, reclaiming the lead on two Helena Sverrisdottir free throws.

Dayton's next trip down the court resulted in a miss by Kendel Ross and a scramble for the offensive rebound, which Dayton won. After sophomore guard Patrice Lalor grabbed the ball she found Wilson under the basket. Wilson's contested layup schmoozed its way over the rim for two. TCU was unable to get a shot before time expired, and UD's celebration began.

"It was so exciting," Lalor said. "And that it was a last second shot, everybody was just so happy."

Before Wilson's shot, however, things had looked bleak for the Flyers.

For the first 30 minutes of the game, Dayton seemed pleased just to be in the tournament, as they were being outplayed by TCU.

The Horned Frogs then cooled off and the Flyers took advantage. UD was able to chip away at the gap, bringing it down below double digits with plenty of time still remaining.

Consecutive 3-pointers by sophomore Justine Raterman and Ross followed by another basket by Ross made it just a four point game. Those buckets, accompanied by some good defense down the stretch (TCU went the final 4:15 without a field goal) set up the last-minute heroics.

Lalor gave Ross credit for sparking the comeback.

"Kendel told us in the huddle, we got nothing to lose," Lalor said.

Next the Flyers had to face the top seed in their bracket, Tennessee on its home court in Knoxville, where Pat Summitt's crew has made it's name as one of the perrenial powers in women's college basketball.

"Obviously they're one of the best teams in the country," Jabir said going into the game. "They're huge and very well coached. I think we just have to be ourselves. I just don't want us to go away from the things that we do."