DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton women's basketball team used a tremendous defensive second-half effort to fuel a 72-66 comeback victory over the 24th-ranked Green Bay Phoenix Sunday afternoon at UD Arena. With the victory, Dayton wins its seventh straight to improve to 8-3 on the season. Green Bay drops to 9-3 for the year.

Additionally, the win also extended the Flyers' home-game winning streak to 31, the longest in the nation.

Dayton had four players in double-figures scoring, including a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds by senior Ally Malott, her third of the season.

Senior Andrea Hoover led the Flyer scoring attack with 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the field and hauled in eight rebounds. Juniors Kelley Austria and Amber Deane each added 14 points.

The Flyers trailed by nine points at intermission, 42-33, after the Phoenix displayed a three-point barrage in the first half with eight made threes on 16 attempts. Dayton was able to hold Green Bay to just 1-of-9 from beyond the arc in the second half. The Phoenix converted 24-of-61 (39%) of their field goal attempts in the game but the Flyers held them to just 7-of-25 (28%) in the second half.

Dayton shot 26-of-59 from the field (44%) for the game and out-rebounded Green Bay, 44-32, including 14 offensive rebounds. Dayton used its size advantage to corral those 14 offensive rebounds, which led to 14 second chance points.

Green Bay came into the contest one of the better teams in forcing turnovers at 21.2 turnovers forced per game. Dayton coughed up the ball 12 times in the first half leading to 16 points off turnovers. The Flyers did a much better job of protecting the ball in the second half, turning the ball over just twice leading to only two points off turnovers for Green Bay.

The Phoenix led by as many as 11 points in the second half but the Flyers cut the advantage to just four with 11:16 remaining in the contest after a lay-up by sophomore Saicha Grant-Allen and Green Bay was forced to call timeout. The Phoenix responded by pushing their lead back out to eight after a lay-up by Kaili Lukan with 9:11 remaining in the game.

After a free throw by K. Lukan put Green Bay up seven, 57-50, with 8:29 left, the Flyers went on a 9-0 run over a span of 3:04 to erase a seven-point deficit and give the Flyers a two-point lead, 59-57, with 5:25 showing on the game clock.

After a lay-up by Grant-Allen with 1:40 remaining gave Dayton the 66-64 lead, Green Bay called a time-out to set up a game-tying basket. K. Lukan delivered for the Phoenix with a game-tying jumper with 1:17 left. Hoover made a clutch three-pointer with 54 seconds remaining to give the Flyers the lead 69-66. Dayton converted foul shots down the stretch to hold on for a six-point victory.

The Flyers are back in action on Dec. 31 at 1 p.m. ET as they take on the Central Michigan Chippewas in Mount Pleasant, Mich., in a rematch of a game that was played between the two squads earlier this season. Dayton won the first match-up 86-76 at UD Arena.