PITTSBURGH –The University of Dayton women's basketball team used its pace and speed to power its way to an 84-67 win over Davidson in the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championship Semifinals Friday in Pittsburgh.
 
The Flyers (17-12) keep their postseason alive while the Wildcats (17-14) end their A-10 campaign.
 
KEY MOMENT
1^st quarter – 6:37 - The Flyers trailed by two at this point in the game, but over the next 5:30, Dayton went on a 17-6 run to take the lead and never looked back.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^ST Quarter: Dayton 25, Davidson 16  

• The teams traded buckets back and forth over the first three minutes of the game, with the score tied at 6-6.
• Junior Jayla Scaife hit a big three after Davidson led 8-6 to put the Flyers back on top.
• Scaife followed that up with a drive and a bucket to pull ahead by three heading into the media timeout.  
• Bench players came in for Dayton and contributed right away with free throws from redshirt junior Julia Chandler and junior Jenna Giacone.
• Dayton pushed its lead to seven at 21-14 heading into the final two minutes of the quarter.
• The Flyers finished on a 4-for-5 run and led by nine at the end of the first.
• Scaife led UD with nine points in the first 10 minutes, going 4-for-4. She became the 27^th Flyer in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark.
• UD had 16 points in the paint while 14 of Davidson's 16 points were in the paint.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 45, Davidson 29

• The second quarter started at a slow pace with neither team scoring in the first 1:50. Senior Tiaera Phillps broke the drought with a putback, giving the Flyers a double-digit lead.
• Senior Lauren Cannatelli drilled a three with 6:35 on the clock, forcing a Davidson timeout with UD up by 14.
• Davidson didn't score its first basket of the quarter until the 5:30 mark.
• The Flyers continued to press and got the margin to 17 at 40-32 with 2:29 to play.
• Dayton led by as much as 19 points, but Davidson pulled a few points back before the end of the second.
• Cannatelli led the Flyers in the first half with 12 points while Scaife added nine points.
• Redshirt sophomore Araion Bradshaw contributed in other ways with team-highs of five rebounds and three assists.
• Dayton shot 56.3 percent while holding Davidson to 46.2 percent.
• The Flyers got 24 points in the paint in the opening 20 minutes and 20 points from their bench.

 
3^rd Quarter: Dayton 62, Davidson 46

• Dayton got off to a slow start to the third quarter with a few quick turnovers and fouls while Davidson went on a 4-0 run.
• The Wildcats cut the margin to 11 at 47-36 with just over 7:00 in the quarter.
• Cannatelli ended the Wildcat run with a four-point play with 6:48 to play.
• The Flyers stopped further bleeding of points for the next four minutes of action.

 
4^th Quarter: Dayton 84, Davidson 67

• Dayton kept the momentum going in the start of the fourth to get the lead up to 20 at 67-47 at the 8:16 mark.
• Davidson called a timeout with 7:39 on the clock to try and stop the Flyer rally.
• The Wildcats mounted a comeback of their own to cut it 15 point margin again.
• Midway through the fourth, Dayton led 75-58, going 5-for-7 heading into it.
• Fouls started to mount up for Davidson with multiple players in foul trouble.
• Bradshaw hit a three to put UD back up 19 with 2:30 to play.
• Ward got a bucket and a foul to seal the game in the final 1:30.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

54.2 - Dayton shot 54.2 percent from the field and held Davidson to 46.3 percent.
23 – Jayla Scaife led the Flyers with 23 points, going 9-of-12 from the field.
20 – Lauren Cannatelli scored 20 points and was perfect from the free throw line.
40 – Dayton scored 40 points in the paint.
85.7 – The Flyers were 12-of-14 from the free throw line for 85.7 percent.
84 – It was the second most points by Dayton this season.

 
KEY STAT

Jayla Scaife became the 27^th Flyer in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark.

UP NEXT
Dayton will play VCU Saturday at 11 a.m. in the A-10 Semifinals.