DAYTON – The University of Dayton Women's Basketball team faced off against Florida A&M University with a 64-44 Flyer win Tuesday night.  
 
The Flyers (5-2) dominated in their first home game since the Daytona Beach Invitational, facing the Rattlers of Florida A&M (0-5) in a powerful twenty-point win.
 
KEY MOMENT
2:55 in the 4th quarter – Graduate Student Jenna Giacone caps off a 9-0 Dayton scoring run with a fast-break layup, lengthening Dayton's to lead to 26 points (64-38). 
 
1^st Quarter: Dayton 12, Florida A&M 18 

• Dayton started off strong, led by an early Jenna Giacone lay-up 49 seconds in.
• The Flyers pulled ahead with a 6-0 run by the first media timeout. 
• The Flyer's defense forced five Rattlers turnovers in the first.
• Giacone came out hot, scoring six points while adding three assists and three rebounds.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 34, Florida A&M 22

• Grad student Erin Whalen drilled a three at the 8:26 mark to put the Flyers up 21-11. 
• The Flyers held the Rattlers to a 4:01 scoring drought and forced a total of four turnovers during it. 
• With 50 seconds left to play, Giacone sinks a three to pull the Flyers lead to 17 (34-17). 
• Dayton dominated on the boards, winning the rebound battle 32-19 and pulling down 14 offensive rebounds (which they converted into nine second chance points). 
• Freshman Brynn Soup-Hill hit her first three-pointer with 2:33 left to play. 
• At the half, Giacone led the way with 13 points, while senior Kyla Whitehead grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 50, Florida A&M 33

• Dayton started the quarter by scoring five points between Cook and Whitehead in the first two minutes pulling the lead to 39-22. 
• The Flyer's defense held strong and forced the Rattlers to end the quarter on a 4:30 scoring drought. 
• With three seconds left to play Cook recovered a Rattler miss three, and drove a lay-up to close out the quarter, sending the Flyers' lead to 17 (50-33).

4^th Quarter: Dayton 64, Florida A&M 44

• Whalen scored a game-high of 18 points with two three-pointers in the first five minutes of the quarter. 
• Redshirt freshman Anna Lemaster saw her first game action of the season while freshman Shannon Wheeler played in her second career game. 
• The Flyers went on the largest run of the game, going on a 9-0 run to extend the lead.  

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 2 – Erin Whalen earned her second double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. 
• 19 – The Flyers forced the Rattlers to have 19 turnovers in the game. 
• 21 – Dayton had 21 offensive rebounds, resulting in 15 second chance points. 
• 22 – The Flyers held the Rattlers to 22 points in the first half, the lowest of any half this season.

KEY STAT
55 – The Flyers secured 55 total rebounds in the game, a season-high. 
 
UP NEXT
Dayton will head west to play Illinois State on Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.