DAYTON –The University of Dayton women's basketball blew past La Salle on Tuesday, 65-38 to advance to the quarterfinals in the A-10 tournament.
 
The Flyers (16-12, 11-6 A-10) advance to the quarterfinals in the A-10 tournament while La Salle drops to 6-25 (3-14 A-10)
 
KEY MOMENT
4^th Quarter – In transition, Araion Bradshaw passes it ahead to Jayla Scaife who gets the layup and the foul giving the Flyers a 52-35 lead with 6:56 left.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^ST Quarter: Dayton 12, La Salle 7 
 

• Lauren Cannatelli opened the scoring with a three, giving the Flyers the first lead of the night.
• The Flyers defense held La Salle to 1-5 shooting throughout the first six minutes.
• Cannatelli leading the Flyers with two three-pointers and eight points.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 30, La Salle 16

• A jumper by Tiaera Phillips at 6:58 gave the Flyers a 20-9 lead forcing a La Salle timeout.
• La Salle was help to only 16 points in the half and shot 23% from the field
• Cannatelli lead the Flyers with 10 points in the first half.
• Dayton's largest lead was 17 points in half.

 
3^rd Quarter: Dayton 46, La Salle 31

• Dayton held its halftime lead steady for most of the quarter.
• Jayla Scaife hit two free throws with 2:19 left giving Dayton their first 20-point lead of the game.
• Julia Chandler had six points in the quarter stretching her total to 9 on the day.
• At the end of the quarter UD was shooting 46% from the field while La Salle was shooting 29%

 
4^th Quarter: Dayton 65, La Salle 38

• The Flyers continued their dominance into the fourth quarter by going on an 8-0 run to take a 55-35 lead with 4:53 left
• Dayton finished the game on a 18-4 run over the last seven minutes.
• La Salle only had three field goals and seven points in the fourth quarter.
• Freshman Kyla Whitehead and Ella Skeens each scored five points in the fourth quarter.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
 

• This was the second time this season the Flyers held an opponent to under 40 points.
• The Flyers were lead in scoring by Lauren Cannatelli with 13.She was joined in double digits by Chandler (11) and Scaife (10)
• Bradshaw dished out eight assist which was one short of her career high.
• Freshmen Amari Davidson scored a career-high four points.
• All 13 healthy players saw playing time today with 11 of them scoring.

 
KEY STAT

Dayton shot 45% from the field while La Salle shot 27%

UP NEXT
Dayton will play Davidson next in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament.  The game will be Friday at 2 pm in Pittsburgh.  The winner of that game will go on to play the winner of the VCU-Saint Joseph's game