DAYTON, Ohio - The Dayton Flyers defeated the Davidson Wildcats at UD Arena on Sunday afternoon, 77-66.  The win is Dayton's third in a row and improves its record to 11-9 overall and 4-5 in conference play.  The loss drops Davidson to 9-13 overall and 3-6 in the conference.
Junior Christy Macioce scored a career-high 17 points to lead all scorers.  Junior Saicha Grant-Allen (14), sophomore Javonna Layfield (11) and sophomore Jenna Burdette (10) all joined Macioce in double figures for the Flyers.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1Q:  Davidson took a 20-15 lead with 1:06 to play in the quarter on a layup from Justine Lyon, but freshman Lauren Cannatelli scored the last five points of the frame to tie the score at 20 heading into the second quarter.
2Q:  Macioce made three 3-pointers in the second quarter to score nine of her 17 first-half points. Lyon knocked down a 3-pointer as time expired off an inbounds pass to give the Wildcats a 40-37 lead at halftime. There were six lead changes in the second quarter. 
3Q:  Hannah Early made a layup with 7:26 left in the quarter to stretch Davidson's lead to 46-39, its largest of the game. The Flyers responded with strong defense for the rest of the quarter by forcing the Wildcats to 2-13 (15%) shooting for the rest of the period. After Early's layup, Dayton out-scored Davidson 17-5 the remainder of the quarter. Layfield converted a put-back and resulting free throw with 2.5 seconds left to give Dayton a 56-51 lead at the end of the third quarter.
4Q:  Dayton opened up the fourth quarter with a 7-2 run to extend the lead to 63-53.  Davidson was able to cut the lead to six with 3:03 remaining when Mackenzie Latt's jumper made the score 64-58, but Burdette was a perfect 8-8 from the free throw line in the final 2:50. Dayton shot 13-16 (81%) as a team from the line in the fourth quarter to ice the game and seal the 77-66 Dayton win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• Macioce made all five of Dayton's 3-point field goals. She was 5-7 from beyond-the-arc and scored a career-high 17 points, all in the first half.
• Senior Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova had six blocks on the game. This was her fifth game with at least six blocks or more.

KEY STATS
• Dayton shot 20-25 (80%) from the free throw line while Davidson struggled from the line shooting 4-16 (25%).
• The Flyers forced 18 turnovers and were able to score 17 points off of those turnovers.  The Wildcats only managed eight points off of 11 Flyer turnovers for the game.
 
UP NEXT
Dayton will go back on the road to match up against Rhode Island (10-10, 4-4 Atlantic 10) on Sunday, February 7 at 2 p.m. ET.