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UDWBB vs Marquette NCAA
65
Dayton DAYTON 23-7
84
Winner MARQUETTE MU 24-9
Dayton DAYTON
23-7
65
Final
84
MARQUETTE MU
24-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Dayton DAYTON 15 16 23 11 65
MARQUETTE MU 22 23 24 15 84

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | The University of Dayton Women's Basketball Team Suffered An 84-65 Loss

#UDWBB’s Season Ends In NCAA Tournament First Round

LOUISVILLE – The University of Dayton women's basketball team suffered an 84-65 loss to Marquette in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament Friday in Kentucky.
 
The Flyers (23-7) end their season while the Golden Eagles (24-9) move on to face Louisville Sunday.

KEY MOMENT
1st quarter – 3:53 – After Dayton came out firing in the first quarter, the tide turned at the 3:53 mark as Marquette went on a 13-0 run and never relinquished the lead.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 15, Marquette 22
  • Dayton jumped out to a 7-3 lead with five points from junior Lauren Cannatelli.
  • Marquette was forced to call at timeout at the 7:09 mark as the Flyers rode a 7-0 run over 1:26. The Golden Eagles were 0-for-6 during that span.
  • Marquette suffered from a four minute scoring drought.
  • Sophomore Jayla Scaife scored eight straight points for the Flyers.
  • Marquette answered and pulled back within two at 15-13 with 3:05 to play.
  • Natisha Hiedeman scored the first 15 points for Marquette.
  • Dayton ended the quarter on a 3:31 drought while Marquette had a 13-0 run.
2nd Quarter: Dayton 31, Marquette 45
  • Dayton's struggles continued to start the second, not scoring until the 7:26 mark.
  • Marquette pulled ahead by double digits in the early stages of the quarter.
  • By the media timeout, the Flyers trailed 33-23.
  • Both teams got into the bonus and free throws slowed down the pace of the game.
  • The Flyers went into the locker room at the half down 14.
  • Dayton trailed despite outshooting Marquette 43.5 percent to 37.5 percent.
  • UD had 16 turnovers in the first half.
  • Cannatelli led the Flyers with nine points while senior JaVonna Layfield had 10 rebounds.
3rd Quarter: Dayton 54, Marquette 69
  • Dayton attempted to battle back, but Marquette had an answer for each basket.
  • Midway through the quarter, the Flyers were down 13, 58-45.
  • Burdette reached double figures with 12 points.
  • Neither team had a field goal for a 2:30 stretch out of the media timeout.
  • Burdette scored six straight points for the Flyers.
  • UD was down 15 going into the final 10 minutes.

4th Quarter: Dayton 65, Marquette 84
  • The Flyers struck first in the fourth to start the rally attempt.
  • Dayton closed the gap to 11 in the first minute and a half of the quarter.
  • But then another scoring drought set in as the Flyers went scoreless for 2:45 halfway through the fourth.
  • In the end, Dayton did not have enough firepower to catch the Golden Eagles.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
378 – With her 378th rebound of the season, JaVonna Layfield the single season mark for rebounds, passing Hall of Famer Ann Meyers who set the previous mark in 1976-77.
39% - Dayton shot 39 percent from the floor.
18 – Burdette led the Flyers with 18 points to go with four assists.
11 – Both Layfield and Scaife had 11 points in the game while Layfield had a team-high 13 rebounds.
19 – Layfield recorded her 19th double-double of the season.
42 to 36 – The Flyers outrebounded the Golden Eagles 42-36.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Flyers end the season with a 23-7 record overall and an Atlantic 10 regular season title.
 
 
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