DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team defeated Toledo on Thanksgiving Even, 70-49 at UD Arena.
 
Dayton (2-2) gets back on the winning track while Toledo (2-2) suffered its second loss of the season.

KEY MOMENT
2nd quarter – 7:22 – After being tied 18-18 at that point, Dayton went on a run and pushed their lead to double digits with 57 seconds left in the half.

GAME BREAKDOWN
      1st Quarter: Dayton  14, Toledo 13

• Toledo jumped out to a 2-0 lead before a Jayla Scaife three gave the Flyers their first lead of the game at the 8:11 mark.
• Dayton then went cold over the next three minutes, going 0-for-5 from the floor as Toledo took a 7-4 lead.
• The Flyers answered with a 6-0 run of their own, forcing a Toledo timeout at the 4:06 mark. The Rockets faced a three minute drought during that span as well.
• UD ended the first with a narrow one-point lead.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli led Dayton with eight  points on 3-of-5 shooting including two three's.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 31, Toledo 20

• The pace of the game slowed down in the early stages of the second quarter with the defenses starting to settle in.
• Scaife hit a three at the 6:37 mark to put Dayton ahead 21-18, forcing Toledo to take its second timeout of the game.
• The Rockets suffered from a six-plus minute scoring drought midway through the quarter including turnovers on consecutive possessions.
• Dayton took its biggest lead of the game up that point with 1:44 to go on a Cannatelli three, giving the Flyers a 26-18 lead.
• The Flyers used a 10-0 run to extend its advantage further down the stretch.
• Toledo was held without a field goal over the last 7:22 of the second quarter.
• Cannatelli had a team-high 11 points while Scaife had 10 points and redshirt sophomore Araion Bradshaw had seven assists.
• Three pointers were 7-to-1 in favor of the Flyers.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 48, Toledo 31

• Dayton added to its lead to start the third, going ahead by 16 points at the 6:59 mark.
• Cannatelli hit two more big three's to lead the charge.
• By the media timeout, Dayton was ahead 39-26.
• Toledo had to take another timeout with 1:43 to play in the quarter after Dayton held them 0-for-5 and without a field goal for 4:54.
• Dayton held a 17-point lead going into the final quarter.

4th Quarter: Dayton 70, Toledo 49

• The Flyers kept the lead around the 17-point mark in the first few minutes of the fourth.
• By the media break, Dayton led 52-35 with the team's trading field goals back and forth.
• Toledo closed the gap though and cut it to a 12-point difference, forcing Dayton to take a timeout with 6:07 to play in regulation.
• The Rockets' starting point guard fouled out with five minutes still to go in the game.
• Dayton pushed the lead to 20 at 66-46 with under two minutes to play.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

 18 -  Both Jayla Scaife and Lauren Cannatelli had 18 points to lead Dayton. A season high for Cannatelli and one shy of a season high for Scaife.
44.2 – Dayton shot 44.2 percent from the floor while holding Toledo to 28.6 percent.
20-11 – The Flyers had a 20-11 bench points advantage and 14-7 fast break point advantage.
10 – For the second straight game, Kyla Whitehead had double-digit rebounds with 10 against Toledo.
9 – Araion Bradshaw had a new season high with nine assists in the game.
10 to 3 – Dayton hit 10 three-pointers compared to Toledo's three three's.
22 – UD led by as much as 22 in the game.

KEY STAT
Dayton hit 10 three pointers compared to Toledo's three made three's.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers head out on the road for the next three games, starting with a contest at Green Bay Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.