EVANSTON, Ill.  –The University of Dayton women's basketball team fell in the first round of the WNIT, 74-51 at Northwestern Thursday night.
 
The Flyers (17-14) finish up their postseason run while the Wildcats (17-14) move on to face Toledo in the next round.
 
KEY MOMENT
1st quarter – Dayton went scoreless over the final 6:12 of the quarter while Northwestern rode an 8-0 run to push the margin to double digits.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^ST Quarter: Dayton 6, Northwestern 17

• The host Wildcats were the first to strike and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but a three by junior Jayla Scaife put the Flyers on top.
• Dayton then went on a two minute scoring drought as Northwestern pulled ahead 9-3.
• Another Scaife three ended the skid and pulled UD within a possession.
• Midway through the quarter, Dayton trailed 13-6.
• Dayton was forced to call a timeout with 3:39 to play to try and stop an 8-0 Northwestern run as the hosts led by 11.  
• The Flyers did not score for the final 6:12.
• UD went 2-of-17 while NU went 7-of-18.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 17, Northwestern 39

• Dayton's first nine points in the game came from a Scaife three as she hit another to start the second.
• Both teams struggled over the next few minutes, entering the media timeout with a 19-9 deficit.
• Northwestern woke up for another run over a 1:10 stretch to extend its lead to 30-10 with just over three minutes to play.
• UD was forced to call a timeout with 2:27 on the clock as NU led by 22.
• The first Flyer to score besides Scaife came with a minute left in the second quarter on a runner by redshirt junior Shakeela Fowler.
• The quarter ended with the Wildcats holding a 22-point lead.
• Scaife had a team-high 15 points while hiiting four three's.
• UD shot 19 percent while NU shot 46 percent.

 
3^rd Quarter: Dayton 34, Northwestern 59

• Senior Lauren Cannatelli hit a three out of the locker room to get things going for Dayton in the second half.
• Dayton hung with Northwestern for the most part, trading buckets back and forth in the first half of the third quarter.
• At the media break, UD trailed NU 50-25.
• The Flyers put together a run of five straight points to try and fight their way back into the game.
• Six different Flyers scored in the quarter.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 51, Northwestern 74

• The Flyers outscored the Wildcats 8-6 in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter.
• Despite the margin in the game, Dayton showed real fight on both ends of the floor, continuing to pressure Northwestern.
• Midway through the quarter, it was a 22-point game at 66-44. The Flyers outscored the Wildcats 10-7 in the fourth up to that point.
• Northwestern suffered from its own drought, going 0-for-7 over a 2:21 skid.
• Scaife reached the 20+ point mark in the fourth.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
27.4 % – Dayton shot 27.4 percent in the game while Northwestern shot 41.4 percent.
42% - The Flyers did shot 42 percent from three in the contest.
24 – Jayla Scaife had a team-high 24 poitns and hit a season-high five three pointers in the game.
9-3 – Shakeela Fowler added nine points and three assists off the bench.
19 – The 19 percent shooting by the Flyers in the first half was the worst first half shooting performance of the season.
7 – Jayla Scaife recorded her seventh 20+ point game of the season.
47 to 39 – The Flyers were outrebounded in the game 47 to 39.
 
KEY STAT
40-16 – Dayton was outscored 40 to 16 on points in the paint.

UP NEXT
Dayton ends the 2018-19 season.