KINGSTON, R.I. – The University of Dayton women's basketball team used strong second and third quarters to pick up a road win at Rhode Island Sunday afternoon.

The Flyers (11-8, 6-2 A-10) earn their second road win of the season while the Rams (7-14, 2-7 A-10) drop another one in Atlantic 10 play.

KEY MOMENT
1^st quarter - 4:29 – It was just a four-point game at 14-10 before Dayton ended the quarter on an 8-2 run to take the lead and never look back.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^ST Quarter: Dayton 22, Rhode Island 12

• Rhode Island took the initial lead with a three right out of the gate.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli then hit a pair of free throws and a three to tie the game up at 5-5 with 7:40 to play.
• Redshirt junior Julia Chandler scored in transition to give Dayton its first lead of the game.
• UD rode a 7-0 run to take the momentum in its favor.
• Midway through the quarter, the Flyers held a 14-10 advantage thanks to eight points from Cannatelli.
• Cannatelli continued to power the offense and scored five more in a row for the visitors, pushing the margin to nine points at 19-10.
• Rhode Island suffered from over four minutes of a scoring drought.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 43, Rhode Island 32

• Redshirt junior Brittany Ward scored the first five points of the second quarter for the Flyers who continued to push the pace.
• Rhode Island answered and closed the gap to three at 27-24 with 6:00 on the clock.
• Fouls started to slow the pace of the game down over the next few minutes.
• The Rams made it a two-point game with two minutes in the half at 33-31.
• Dayton scored five points in the final 36 seconds to push its lead back to double figures.
• Cannatelli led all scorers with 16 points in the first half while junior Jayla Scaife and freshman Kyla Whitehead added seven points each.
• The Flyers shot 39.5 percent from the field and held the Rams to 34.4 percent.
• UD also benefited from a 27 to 21 rebounding advantage.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 62, Rhode Island 48

• The pace of the game was sluggish coming out of the locker rooms for the second half.
• Ward scored the first four points for UD over the opening three minutes of the quarter.
• Rhode Island called a timeout at the 7:03 mark with the Flyers up 47-38.
• By the media break, Dayton matched its largest lead of the game at 13 points, 51-38.
• The Rams countered with a 6-0 run over the next minute, forcing a Flyer timeout.
• Dayton was able to make a run of its own to make it a 15-point game at 60-45.
• Senior Maddy Dennis hit a contested hook shot at the buzzer to give Dayton the 62-48 lead.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 74, Rhode Island 62

• Dayton went to the bench to start the fourth to give the starters some needed rest after playing four overtimes the previous two games.
• Rhode Island was forced to call a timeout at the 5:07 mark as the Flyers led 72-52.
• UD stifled any URI rally attempts, not letting the Rams get any closer than 15 points.
• The Flyers held on for their second road win of the season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
24 – Lauren Cannatelli had a team-high 24 points in the contest, hitting five three pointers.
25 – Cannatelli made 25 three pointers in her four career games against Rhode Island.
35.6 – Dayton shot 35.6 percent from the field.
24 – The Flyers had 24 points off turnovers.
52 – Rebounds were 52 to 42 in favor of the Flyers.
34 – Dayton had 34 points in the paint.
9 – Brittany Ward and Jayla Scaife each added nine points to the effort.
 
KEY STAT
Dayton had 24 points off 23 Rhode Island turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
Dayton returns home to host Richmond Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at UD Arena.