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IOWA CITY, Iowa - Despite overcoming a 15-point first-half deficit, the No. 14/16 University of Dayton women's basketball team fell at Iowa, 97-93, in overtime in the championship game of the 2013 Iowa Hawkeye Challenge. Junior Andrea Hoover led the Flyers with 23 points, just one shy of tying her career high, in only 24 minutes of action. She was rewarded for her play over the weekend with All-Tournament team honors.

With the loss, the Flyers fall to an even 1-1 on the season. The Hawkeyes improve to 2-0 after the first weekend of play this year.

Joining Hoover on the All-Tournament Team roster was sophomore Amber Deane who added 15 points before fouling out near the end of regulation. Sophomore Kelly Austria was also one off her career-high points total with 20 on the the afternoon while junior Ally Malott chipped in 14 points. Senior Cassie Sant was the fifth Flyer in double-figures scoring with 10 points, narrowly missing the double-double with a team-high nine rebounds.

For the game, Dayton shot 43.5 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from long range. UD made 23 of 31 free throw shots for a 74.2 percentage. Iowa posted a 47.2 percent shooting mark while making 12-of-27 shots from beyond the arc (44.4%) and was 17-of-21 from the stripe (81.0 %).

Rebounds were nearly even with Iowa edging Dayton, 41-40, and each team committed 21 fouls.

Trailing by 11, 81-70, with 6:45 left to play in regulation, the Flyers climbed out of the whole eventually tying the contest at 85 apiece following two made free throws from Malott. The Hawkeyes missed their next three three-point shot attempts, allowing the Flyers to take the five-point lead with 32 second left in the game. UI's Ally Disterhoft made both her free throw attempts late and Hawkeye Challenge MVP Samantha Logic drained a three-point shot with nine seconds to go to knot the two teams at 90. A Flyer jumper at the buzzer would not go in, sending the game to overtime.

UD struggled to score in the extra period, unable to make a field goal until the fourth minute in as freshman Celeste Edwards knocked in a layup to set the score at 97-93, cutting the UI lead to four. That would prove to be the final margin.

Dayton led early, 7-4, but a three-plus minute scoring drought put the Flyers in the hole, 15-7. Iowa made four of eight three-point shots taken in the first 10 minutes of the contest to lead by as many as 15 points. The Flyers battled back using a 22-7 run, fueled by 10 points from Deane, to retake the lead at 41-40 with just over four minutes to go in the first half.

The Hawkeyes out-scored the Flyers 7-4 over the last four minutes of the first frame to take the 47-46 advantage into the locker room at the half. Hoover lead all scorers after the first 20 minutes with 14 points.

Iowa was led by Bethany Doolittle with 22 points, one of six Hawkeyes in double-figures scoring. Logic earned the unconventional double-double with 16 points and 14 assists while Kali Pechel grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to go with 12 points for the team's second double-double.

Dayton returns to action Friday, November 15 for its first home game of the season against the Zips of Akron. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at UD Arena.