DAYTON  – The University of Dayton women's basketball team's home debut ended in an overtime loss on Thursday night against the Illinois State Redbirds.
 
The Flyers (0-2) lose their second game of the season in overtime as the Redbirds (1-0) begin their season with a victory on the road.
 
KEY MOMENT
4^th – 0:10 – Destiny Bohanon hit a corner three pointer to tie the game at the end of regulation to send the Flyers into overtime.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^st Quarter: Dayton 18, Illinois State 12

• Senior Sydney Freeman scores the first field goal of the game 2:39 into the first quarter. The Redbirds responded by hitting a three-pointer on the next possession.
• Both teams created turnovers which led to a slow start for both teams with scoring.
• The Flyers gained a steady lead over the Redbirds as they made six of their last seven field goals.
• Freshman guard Nayo Lear led the Flyers in scoring with four points at the end of the first quarter.
• Junior Anyssa Jones was the leader in rebounds, recording three in her first quarter at UD Arena.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 31, Illinois State 28

• Lear scored the Flyers' first basket 4:30 into the second quarter while Dayton maintained their lead.
• At the media timeout, the Flyers hung onto a one-point lead over the Redbirds, who outscored them 9-4 with 4:55 to go until halftime.
• Dayton took a timeout shortly after the media timeout when the Redbirds tied the game at 24-24 with 4:04 to go.
• After swapping leads and tying the score, junior Taisiya Kozlova put the Flyers ahead by draining a three to end the half.
• Turnovers plagued both teams as the Flyers' offense let up 14 turnovers in the first half.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 49, Illinois State 45

• Kozlova started the Flyers' second half strong by hitting two threes only a couple of minutes into the half. This put Dayton on an 8-0 scoring run.
• Redshirt senior Maliya Perry sank a three to give Dayton its largest lead of the night at 12 points.
• Lear ended a nearly three minute scoring drought by the Flyers by hitting a three with 2:54 left in the quarter.
• A 13-3 run by the Redbirds made the game significantly closer as they got within two points of the Flyers.
• Perry's two successful free throws extended Dayton's lead to end the third quarter.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 63, Illinois State 63

• Freeman hit a short-range jumper to begin the quarter for the Flyers.
• The Flyers held onto a three-point lead at the media timeout with 5:49 left on the clock.
• Illinois State took the lead coming out of the media timeout as Mary Compton hit three three-pointers. This put her at 7-for-9 in three-point attempts.
• Dayton took their last timeout with 1:39 to go when Illinois State tied their largest lead of the game at four points.
• Mariah Perez hit a jumper followed by a good free throw immediately after the timeout. This cut the Redbirds' lead down to one.
• Bohanon hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 63-63 with 10 seconds left in regulation.
• The Flyers' four missed shots (two free throws and two jumpers) led to the first overtime of the season.

Overtime: Dayton 70, Illinois State 74

• Illinois State scored the first points of overtime with a successful free throw to give them a one-point lead.
• Perry hit her layup to give Dayton a one-point lead.
• Two successful free throws by Illinois put the Redbirds up by one with 2:12 to go.
• A successful three-pointer by Maya Wong of Illinois State gave them a four-point lead.
• A three-pointer by Bohanon was too little, too late as Flyers were not able to eliminate their four-point deficit.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
4 – Four Flyers scored in the double digits.
:10 – Destiny Bohanon hit a three-pointer to tie the game with 10 seconds left in regulation. 
27 – The Flyers' committed 27 turnovers throughout the game.
13 and 12 – Maliya Perry got her first career double-double with the Flyers, grabbing 12 rebounds to go with 13 points. Both were career-highs.
12 – Taisiya Kozlova had a career-high 12 points, going 4-of-6 from three.
50 – The Flyers had their first 50-rebound game of the season, 13 more than the Redbirds.
 
KEY STAT
25 to 6 – The Redbirds had 25 points off 27 turnovers compared to six points off 12 turnovers for the Flyers.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will travel to Rhodes Arena in Akron to face the Zips on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.