WASHINGTON, D.C.  - The University of Dayton women's basketball team had an opportunity to win it late at George Washington University, but was unable to get the game-winner Saturday. The Colonials held on for a 46-45 win over the Flyers.
 
The Flyers (7-7, 2-1 A-10) looked to avenge their A-10 Tournament Semifinals loss from last season against the tournament champion Colonials (5-11, 2-1 A-10), but fell just short.
 
KEY MOMENT
4^th quarter – After getting off to a fast start in the first quarter, Dayton scored just five points in the fourth quarter when it looked to hang on to the lead.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 17, GW 11

• Dayton was unable to score until the 7:41 mark with a jumper by junior Jayla Scaife as GW took the initial lead.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli then hit a three just 30 seconds later to give the Flyers their first lead of the game, 5-3.
• Neila Luma had the first five points for GW.
• At the media break, Dayton held a 7-5 lead over the hosts.
• The Flyers came out of the timeout to push their advantage to 13-5 while the Colonials suffered from a 3:30 scoring drought.
• Dayton got its margin to double digits with 1:30 to play in the quarter.
• Scaife had six points to lead the Flyers in the first.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 27, GW 24

• Dayton got its lead back to 10 with two quick baskets in the first 45 seconds of the second.
• The offense slowed down for both teams over the next few minutes, as the defenses began forcing turnovers.
• Midway through the quarter, the Flyers led by seven, 23-16. Neither team had scored for the previous three minutes.
• GW answered out of the break and closed the gap to two at 23-21.
• Thanks to a trio of three's in the second quarter, the Colonials made it a three-point game going into the half.
• Scaife led UD with six points while Cannatelli had five points. Eight different Flyers scored in the first half.
• Dayton shot 48.0 percent in the first 20 minutes while GW shot 35.7 percent. UD was 1-of-6 from three and GW was 3-of-7.
• The Flyers did outrebound the Colonials, 20-11, but committed 11 turnovers.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 40, GW 33

• GW tied the game up at the start of the third with a three-pointer.
• The score remained tight over the next few minutes with neither team pulling away.
• Scaife got a bucket and a foul going into the media timeout, putting the Flyers up 31-29.
• The Flyers then went on a little run, taking a 40-21 lead heading into the final two minutes of the quarter.
• Dayton led by seven heading into the final 10 minutes of the contest.

4th Quarter: Dayton 45, GW 46

• Dayton got its first bucket of the fourth at the 7:38 mark by Scaife.
• The Colonials hit a three to take a 44-43 lead at the 5:59 mark, forcing a Flyer timeout as they looked to stifle the GW rally.
• Redshirt junior Julia Chandler drove and scored to put Dayton back up 45-44 with under three minutes to play.
• UD had the ball with :37 left in the game and down one as the Flyers called a timeout to set up the possession. They were unable to make the bucket however and were forced to foul.
• Dayton had another shot with nine seconds left after GW missed both free throws on the other end.
• The Flyers were unable to get the game winner in the end.

 INSIDE THE NUMBERS
14 – Jayla Scaife had a team-high 14 points, her 13^th double-digit scoring game of the season. She also had a team-high nine rebounds in the contest as well.
1-of-13 – The Flyers were just 1-of-13 from the three-point line.
40-34 – Dayton outrebounded GW 40-34 in the contest.
38.5 – The Flyers outshot the Colonials 38.5 percent to 31.5 percent.
28 to 6 – Dayton benefited from a 28-6 points in the paint advantage.  
5 – Dayton scored just five points in the fourth quarter, after leading by seven going into the final 10 minutes.

KEY STAT
Dayton hit just one three in the contest compared to five three's from George Washington, good enough for a 12-point swing.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers remain on the road to take on St. Bonaventure Wednesday, Jan. 16 in Olean, N.Y. at 4 p.m.