TOLEDO, Ohio - On the strength of 11 three-point baskets, the University of Dayton women's basketball team powered past Toledo, 83-57, Wednesday in the Rockets' annual School Day game. Freshman
Lauren Cannatelli led five Flyers in double-figures scoring with a career-high 15 points. Dayton improves to 6-1 on the season while Toledo falls to 0-6 for the year.
GAME BREAKDOWN• 1Q: It was all Dayton in the first quarter as Toledo was unable to score a field goal until the last minute of the frame. Freshman
Lauren Cannatelli surpassed her career high in the first quarter alone with three made three-point baskets.
• 2Q: Toledo was able to get a little offense going in the second quarter, scoring 12 points, but Dayton continue to stretch its lead. By the end of the first half, the Flyers were ahead 22, 37-15.
• 3Q: The Flyers stretched their lead to as many as 30 in the third quarter including a 53-23 advantage following a three-point basket from freshman
Ashleigh Parkinson. Dayton got 14 bench points in the third period.
• 4Q: The Rockets surged in the fourth to score 23 points but the Flyers answered with 24 points of their own to come away with the 83-57 victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS• Cannatelli was 5-of-8 from long range for her 15 points while senior
Amber Deane added 13 points and dished out five assists.
• Junior
Saicha Grant-Allen led UD with 10 rebounds to go with her six points and senior
Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova had 11 points and eight rebounds.
• Junior
Andrijana Cvitkovic and sophomore
Jenna Burdette each chipped in 10 points.
• Toledo was led by Haylee Printz with 13 points and Janice Monakana with seven rebounds.
KEY STATS• Dayton shot 51.6 percent from the floor and 47.8 percent from long range compared to Toledo's 31.8 percent from the field and 27.3 percent from behind the arc.
• Toledo won the battle of the boards, 41-34, including 20 offensive rebounds.
• The Flyers committed 13 turnovers to 18 assists while the Rockets dished 11 but turned over 20 times.
UP NEXTDayton will complete its five-game road swing Sunday with a 2 p.m. contest at Purdue.
