Box Score DAYTON –The University of Dayton women's basketball team battled back in the fourth quarter, but suffered a heartbreaking 54-51 loss at George Mason Sunday.
 
The Flyers move to (14-11, 9-5 A-10) while the Patriots (15-12, 7-7 A-10) continue their win streak.
 
KEY MOMENT
4th Quarter - :00 – George Mason's Nicole Cardano-Hillary capped off her game with the game-winning three-pointer as time expired.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^ST Quarter: Dayton 21, George Mason 9

• Dayton opened the game up with a three from junior Jayla Scaife.
• George Mason did not score until the 7:40 mark after a strong start defensively by UD.
• The Patriots were forced to take a timeout with 5:21 on the clock after a bucket and a foul by redshirt junior Shakeela Fowler put the Flyers up 9-2 with a free throw in hand.
• Dayton was able to extend its advantage to double digits at 19-9 in the final two minutes of the quarter.
• The Flyers shot 56.3 percent in the first 10 minutes and held the Patriots to 28.6 percent.
• UD benefited from an 11-6 rebounding advantage and 12-6 points in the paint advantage.
• Scaife led UD with eight points and two rebounds.

 
2^nd Quarter: Dayton 25, George Mason 31

• Mason started off the second on a 10-0 run to close the gap to two points, 21-19.
• The Flyers' first points in the quarter came at the 6:07 mark on free throws by redshirt sophomore Araion Bradshaw.
• By the media break with 3:40 to play, Dayton continued to lead by just two at 25-23. The Flyers had only scored four points in the second quarter up to that point.
• The Patriots took their first lead of the game with 2:57 to go, 26-25.
• GMU was amidst a 12-0 run over 4:15 and led by six at the half.
• Dayton went 1-of-13 in the second quarter while Mason went 9-of-14 outscoring the Flyers 22-4.

 
3^rd Quarter: Dayton 36, George Mason 40

• The offenses slowed down to start the second half with Dayton unable to make a dent in the margin and Mason unable to add to its lead.
• Fowler hit a big three at the 6:22 mark to make it a three-point game, 35-32.
• Midway through the quarter, it was 35-34 in favor of the Patriots.
• Fouls slowed the game down even further coming out of the media timeout with neither team able to score over the next two minutes.
• UD suffered from a four plus minute scoring drought while Mason was 0-for-7.
• In the final minute, the Patriots got the margin back to six at 40-34.

 
4^th Quarter: Dayton 51, George Mason 54

• The first basket in the fourth didn't come until the 7:58 mark with a layup by George Mason.
• The Flyers called a timeout with 7:48 to play and a six-point game to prevent any run by the Patriots.
• Mason got its largest lead of the game up to that point at eight, 44-36. The Patriots went on to extend that to double-digits.
• Dayton was not able to score until 4:33 remained in the game on a drive by senior Lauren Cannatelli.
• The Flyers cut it to four at 50-46 with 1:43 to play on a tough putback by junior Brittany Ward.
• With :53 to play, UD got it to two at 51-49 off a Ward free throw.
• The Flyers got a defensive stop, forcing a shot clock violation with :21  on the clock and a chance to tie.
• Fowler hit a runner off the feed from Scaife to even the score at 51-51 with :02 in regulation.
• Mason then hit the game winner as time expired to earn the victory.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
15 – Shakeela Fowler was just one point shy of a career high with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
21 – The Flyers scored 21 points in the first quarter alone to jump out to an early lead.
33.9 – Dayton shot 33.9 percent from the field with Mason shooting 38.5 percent.
13 and 7 – Jayla Scaife added 13 points and seven rebounds.
8 – The Flyers totaled eight steals in the game and two blocks.
17 to 18 – Dayton committed 17 turnovers while forcing 18 from George Mason
 
KEY STAT
18 to 10 – Despite forcing more turnovers, the Flyers were oustcored off turnovers 18-10.
 
UP NEXT
Dayton remains on the road for the final away game of the regular season as the Flyers take on Fordham Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Bronx, N.Y.