DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton women's basketball team took down Wisconsin (1-2) with an 87-64 victory to improve to 3-0 on the season Sunday afternoon at UD Arena.
GAME BREAKDOWN• Dayton started strong, scoring the game's first 12 points on a back-to-back-to-back-to-back three-point scoring spree.
• By the end of the first half Dayton was shooting 66 percent from behind the arc and took an early 28-14 lead.
• At the half senior
Kelley Austria was leading Dayton with 15 points and was 4-for-4 from behind the arc.
• At the end of the third quarter, Dayton maintained a 72-52 lead over the Badgers.
• Dayton never trailed throughout the game.
• 12 players came into the game for the Flyers.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS• Austria led all players with a career-high eight steals, to go along with her 16 points. The Flyers forced Wisconsin to have 26 turnovers in the game.
• Dayton shot 90 percent from the free throw line for the game, converting 24-of-27 attempts.
• Austria and Jodie Cornelie Sigmundova (16 points) and Austria (13 points) all scored in double digits.
• Junior
Andrijana Cvitkovic had a strong game with eight points and a team-high seven rebounds.
• There was a total of 55 fouls in the game between both teams.
KEY STATS• In Austria's 28 minutes of play, she led all players with eight steals, tying all other players combined. Austria was named to the A-10 Preseason All-Defensive Team.
• The Flyers sank a season-high 11 three-point field goals, shooting 47.8 percent from behind the arc.
NEXT UP• Next up the Flyers will head to Florida for the Gulf Coast Showcase where they will play Maine on Friday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m.Â
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