DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team defeated Davidson Wednesday evening as they earned a 66-60 victory in Atlantic 10 play.
 
The Flyers (3-12, 2-2 A-10) clenched another conference win while Davidson (7-9, 0-2 A-10) has yet to win a conference matchup.
 
KEY MOMENT
4:32 to :14 - Dayton held Davidson without a field goal during the stretch to hold off the comeback attempt. 
 
1^st Quarter: Dayton 18, Davidson 11

• Scoring the first points of the game was senior Sydney Freeman with a lay up and free throw.
• Junior Anyssa Jones sinks a three-point jumper at 8:25.
• The Flyers held the Wildcats 9-4 at the five-minute mark.
• The Flyer defense was strong forcing two turnovers back to back.
• Dayton went on a 7-0 run over 2:00.  
• The Wildcats had a scoring drought of 2:25.
• Dayton held Davidson 1-6 behind the three-point line.
• Closing out the first quarter, Dayton shot 41.2 percent compared to Davidson's 33.3 percent.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 34, Davidson 29

• Senior Mariah Perez made a shot inside the paint scoring the first points of the quarter for the Flyers.
• At 4:47 the Wildcats made a three-pointer bringing the score the closest it's been since the beginning of the first quarter at 26-25 but Perez responded with a jumper on the next play increasing the Flyers lead.
• Freshman Nayo Lear made a driving layup after the media timeout. 
• Sophomore Arianna Smith closed out the second quarter by making a jumper shot.
• Dayton used opportunities well, scoring 7 second-chance points. 
• The Flyers outscored the Wildcats 26-12 inside the paint.
• Perez leads the Flyers with 12 points and 7 rebounds.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 45, Davidson 44

• Perez was fouled in the first minute of the quarter and made her two free throws. 
• The Flyers defense was coming out hot, holding the Wildcats zero of the last four field goals and causing a scoring drought of 2:06.
• Smith got the Flyers out of their own scoring drought with a layup.
• At 1:04 Davison takes their first lead of the game by making two free throws. 
• The Flyers took the lead again when redshirt junior Destiny Bohanon made a buzzer beater shot to close out the quarter.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 66, Davidson 60

• Junior Taisiya Kozlova widened the Flyer lead with her three point shot to kick-start the final quarter.
• Dayton went on a 7-0 run over 1:04 and forced a Davidson timeout.
• Bohanon ends the Flyer scoring drought with an aggressive two-pointer.
• A back and forth defensive battle caused the Wildcats to foul Jones. She made both of her free throws.
• Smith sank a deep three-pointer to keep the momentum with the Flyers and put her in double digits for scoring. 
• The Wildcats had no field goals the last 4:16 and made one out of 11. 
• Bohanon sank her two free throws and made the lead seven points.
• At the line again, Bohanon sank two more free throws to close out the game and clinch a Flyer win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
 
5th - Mariah Perez had her fifth double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and grabbing 12 boards.
3 - Three Flyers had double digits in scoring (Perez, Smith and Bohanon).
36 – Dayton had 36 points in the paint.
44.4% - The Flyers shot 44.4 percent in the game while the Wildcats only shot 32.8 percent.
13 – UD tied its season low with only 13 turnovers in the game.
 
KEY STAT
13 – Dayton tied its season-low with only 13 turnovers in the game.
 
UP NEXT
Dayton will head to Missouri Sunday, Jan. 15 to take on Saint Louis at 2 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.