BRONX, N.Y. – The University of Dayton women's basketball team suffered its first loss since Dec. 20 after a 50-38 decision.
The Dayton Flyers (20-8, 13-1 A-10) faced its first conference loss while the Rams (18-9, 10-4 A-10) earned an important league win.
 
KEY MOMENT
4^th quarter – 8:45 – Dayton had cut the margin to just two points, but were outscored 16-6 the rest of the way.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^st Quarter: Dayton 10, Fordham 5

• Dayton struck first with a jumper by senior Jayla Scaife, the only points of the first 2:30 of the game.
• The Flyers forced five turnovers and held the Rams scoreless over the first 4:48.
• By the media break, UD led Fordham 6-3.
• Redshirt senior Julia Chandler's free throw at the 1:50 mark gave the Flyers their biggest lead at 10-5. That would be the score after the first 10 minutes.
• Jayla Scaife led the way with five points and two boards.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 15, Fordham 24

• Neither team was able to make a dent in the score in the first few minutes of the second.
• Fordham's Kendell Heremaia scored the first 10 points for the Rams and tied the game up at 10-10 with 6:28 on the clock.
• At the media timeout with 4:34 to go, the Flyers had still not scored in the quarter, making it over a seven-minute drought.
• Senior Jenna Giacone ended the skid with a three at the 3:30 mark.
• Fordham was able to get the margin two nine by the end of the half.
• The Flyers shot 25 percent in the first half with eight turnovers while the Rams shot 33 percent with nine turnovers.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 28, Fordham 32

• The Rams got their lead to double digits in the first two minutes of the second half.
• At the 6:03 mark, redshirt junior Erin Whalen hit a three followed by a drive by Giacone to cut the margin to five at 29-24.
• That score held midway through the quarter. Fordham suffered during almost a four-minute scoring drought.
• Another Whalen three cut it to four with 1:45 to go.
• A Brittany Ward-drive made it a one possession game with :47 go to.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 38, Fordham 50

• The teams traded buckets back and forth over the first two minutes of the fourth.
• Fordham managed to pull ahead by eight, 42-34 with 6:38 to go.
• Dayton called a timeout at the 6:03 mark facing a seven-point margin.
• The Rams hit a three out of the break thought to get it back to double-digits.
• The Flyers managed to pull with seven and under two minutes to go.
• In the end, fouling was not enough to get Dayton back in the game.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
 
29.4 – Dayton shot just 29.4 percent in the game.
17.6 – The Flyers were also only 3-of-17 from three for 17.6 percent in the game.
35 to 28 – UD was outrebounded 35-28.
11 – Jayla Scaife had a team-high with 11 points
11 – Araion Bradshaw had a career-high 11 rebounds to lead the Flyers.
 
KEY STAT
12 – Fordham led by as much as 12 points. Dayton has never trailed by more than eight points in a victory this season.
 
UP NEXT

• The Flyers return to UD Arena for the final home game of the regular season on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. against St. Bonaventure.