HARRISONBURG, Va.  - The University of Dayton women's basketball team fell on the road at James Madison Monday night, 68-55.
 
The Flyers (2-5) were unable to catch up to the Dukes (6-1) in the second half and suffered their third straight loss.

KEY MOMENT
1^st quarter – James Madison outscored Dayton 22-14 in the first quarter and led the rest of the game with the Flyers unable to catch the Dukes.

GAME BREAKDOWN
      1st Quarter: Dayton 14, James Madison 22

• James Madison jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first minute of the game.
• Dayton got its first bucket on a Jayla Scaife three at the 7:54 mark. She followed that up with a layup to tie the game up at 5-5.
• By the media break, the game remained tight at 10-9 in favor of JMU.
• The Dukes got the margin to five again at 17-12 with two minutes to play.
• JMU hit a shot at the buzzer to extend the lead to eight points.
• Scaife led UD with six points while freshman Kyla Whitehead had four points and two rebounds.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 33, James Madison 40

• Dayton hit two three's to start the second quarter, one from Scaife and another from redshirt junior Shakeela Fowler.
• The Flyers narrowed the gap back to four in the first two minutes of the second.
• Halfway through the quarter, the Dukes got their lead back to eight at 33-25.
• Dayton's first three field goals of the second were from the three-point line.
• The Flyers suffered from a 3:22 scoring drought. Senior Ashleigh Parkinson returned from injury and hit a free throw to end the skid.
• Senior Maddy Dennis hit a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left to cut JMU's lead to five at 38-33.
• Scaife led UD in the first half with 17 points including 4-of-6 from three.
• The Flyers were outrebounded 23-16 and outscored in the paint 22-10.
• UD had a 14-9 bench scoring advantage however.
• James Madison shot 48.4 percent from the field while Dayton hit 34.5 percent.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 46, James Madison 59

• Redshirt junior Julia Chandler got her first bucket of the game to start the second half.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli made a three at the 7:07 mark, moving her into the 1,000-point club at Dayton.
• JMU got its lead to double digits at 49-39 midway through the quarter.
• The Dukes then suffered from a 2:32 scoring drought to let the Flyers back in it.
• The Flyers went through the final stages of the third on a three-plus minute skid of their own to let JMU take its biggest lead of the game.
• Dayton was outscored in the quarter 19-13.

4th Quarter: Dayton 55, James Madison 68

• Chandler hit the first two shots of the fourth for Dayton.
• The Flyers then faced another three-minute field goal drought as the Dukes got the margin back to double digits.
• JMU also had a tough time scoring, unable to add to its lead for 4:31 seconds. Both teams combined to go 0-for-9 during that stretch has the clock ticked under five minutes to play.
• In the end, Dayton ran out of time and was unable to catch James Madison.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
1000 -  Lauren Cannatelli scored the 1,000^th point of her career on Monday, becoming the 26^th player in Dayton history to do so.
21 – Jayla Scaife scored a season-high 21 points and hit four three pointers while grabbing six rebounds
45.6 – James Madison shot 45.6 percent from the field while Dayton shot 32.7 percent.
40-32 – Dayton was outrebounded 40-32 in the game.
6 – The Flyers recorded six steals in the game.

KEY STAT
Dayton was outscored 38-20 on points in the paint.

UP NEXT
The Flyers return home from their three-game road stretch to host Buffalo Friday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. at UD Arena.