DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team opened the 2018-19 season with a 67-58 win over Colgate at UD Arena. Friday's season opener was the Flyers' annual School Day as nearly 8,000 area school kids cheered UD on to victory.
 
Dayton is now 1-0 while Colgate slips to 0-2 on the young season.
 
KEY MOMENT
With just over six minutes left to play in the contest, junior Jayla Scaife capped a Flyer 7-0 run with her made jumper to give Dayton a four-point, 55-51 advantage, a lead it would not relinquish.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 19, Colgate 8
• Dayton scored the last six points of the quarter to hold an 11-point lead heading into the second period.
• Junior Julia Chandler scored the first two points of the game for Dayton. It was also her first career basket as a Flyer.
2nd Quarter: Dayton 30, Colgate 27
• Colgate was on fire to start the second period, scoring 10-straight points to cut the Dayton lead to one, 19-18.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli kicked off a 7-0 spurt for the Flyers with three made free throws after drawing a foul behind the three-point arc.
• The Raiders' Mylah Chandler put in a driving layup as the buzzer sounded to cut the Flyer lead to three to end the quarter.
• UD's Chandler led all scorers in the first half of the game with six points.
 
3rd Quarter: Colgate 47, Dayton 43
• Colgate opened the third with a triple to knot the score at 30 points apiece.
• The score was tied four times in the third
• The Raiders were able to take the lead, 39-37, with 3:37 left to play in the frame on the strength of at 7-0 run
 
4th Quarter: Dayton 67, Colgate 58
• Five points from Scaife over the first two minutes of the fourth kick started the Flyers' offense.
• After a 7-0 Dayton run, the Flyers were in front of the Raiders, 55-51, with just over six minutes to play in the game.
• Chandler's made jumper with 1:58 showing on the clock gave Dayton's its largest lead of the game, 67-55.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• 17 & 8 - Chandler tallied a team-high 17 points and eight rebounds in 24 minutes of action in her debut as a Flyer
• 13 - Cannatelli was a perfect 7-for-7 from the line and drained two three-point shots for 13 points. She also grabbed eight rebounds.
• 12 - the third Flyer in double-figures scoring was Scaife with 12 points
• 38 - Dayton recorded 38 points in the paint to Colgate's 18
 
KEY STAT
The Flyers trailed by as many as five in the third quarter before taking their largest lead of the game, 67-55 (+12), with just under two minutes to play in the fourth.
 
UP NEXT
Dayton is set to open the road portion of its 2018-19 schedule at Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 11. Tip-off between the Flyers and Terrapins is set for 2 p.m. at Maryland's XFinity Center.