WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The University of Dayton women's basketball team kept its winning streak alive on the road at George Washington Sunday with a 67-54 win.

The Flyers (5-1, 4-0 A-10) stay atop the league standings while the Colonials (3-6, 0-3 A-10) still search for their first A-10 victory.


COACH'S COMMENTS
"I am really proud of this great road win," said head coach Shauna Green. "It's always extremely difficult to come to GW and play these guys on their home court, and really play them anywhere. We stressed our rebounding in prep leading up to this and knew that was going to be key. I thought we did a tremendous job on the boards. Kyla was big time with a double-double. I thought Jenna played super aggressive and super confident, and that's what we need from her. It was a great team win. We had different people step up again. That's what this team is about. We are deep and we are just going to continue to learn. We still have a lot of young guys playing, and we are learning game-by-game, possession-by-possession. We are really happy of coming away on a tough first road swing in the conference and getting two wins, we will take that. It's time to move on and prep for a really good Davidson team coming in on Thursday."

KEY MOMENT
End of 3^rd/Start of 4th– Dayton ended the third and carried momentum into the fourth, outscoring GW 12-2 during a stretch that put the Flyers up by 17.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1^st Quarter: Dayton 18, George Washington 14

• Dayton opened the scoring after sophomore Mariah Perez and junior Kyla Whitehead turned offensive rebounds into a pair of early buckets.
• GW took the lead back though, 6-4 at the 7:07 mark.
• Midway through the quarter, the scored was deadlocked at 10-10. All 10 of the Flyers' points came in the paint.
• The score remained tight until the last 40 seconds of the game as the Flyers took their biggest lead, 18-14.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 32, George Washington 29

• The Flyers continued to push the tempo to start the second and pulled up 22-14 with an 8-0 run, forcing a Colonial timeout with 7:19 on the clock.
• GW was held to just one field goal over the first four minutes of the quarter.
• Redshirt senior Araion Bradshaw drilled a three to give the Flyers a nine-point lead, 27-18.
• The Colonials were able to stop the Flyer run however and pulled back within three 29-26 with 2:18 to play.
• GW tied the game with just over a minute left on a big three, capping a 9-0 run.
• Redshirt sophomore Maliya Perry hits a three on the final possession to give UD the lead at the break.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 53, George Washington 42

• The Flyers scored a couple early baskets to start the second half and put UD back on top by 10, 41-31.
• Midway through the quarter, Dayton held a seven-point advantage, 44-37.
• Redshirt senior Jenna Giacone was the first player in double-figures in the game with 14 points, including eight points in the first five minutes of the third.
• Back-to-back three's by Giacone and Whalen forced a GW timeout with 2:00 to play and the Flyers up 53-40.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 67, George Washington 54

• The Flyers got the margin to 15 in the first minute of the fourth, leading 57-42.
• Whitehead became the first Dayton player to record a double-double this season with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
• At the media timeout, UD held a 61-45 lead over GW.
• The Flyers tried to slow the pace down over the next few minutes to eat up the clock as the Colonials tried to climb back into within striking distance.
• GW just ran out of time though as Dayton remained unbeaten in A-10 play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
17 – Jenna Giacone was one point shy of a career-high with 17 points to lead all scorers.
14 and 12 – Kyla Whitehead scored 14 points, tying a season high, and grabbed 12 rebounds, which tied a career high.      
45% - The Flyers shot 45 percent overall and held the Colonials to 35 percent.
44 to 31 – Dayton also had a 44-31 rebounding advantage.
12 – The Flyers committed a season-low 12 turnovers.

KEY STAT
38 – Dayton scored 38 points in the paint, 18 more than George Washington.

UP NEXT

• The Flyers will return home to host Davidson Thursday, Jan. 14 at 5 p.m. ET at UD Arena.