DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team took a heartbreaking loss at home against Duquesne University in a game where the Flyers had very strong first and third quarters.
 
The Flyers (3-16, 2-6 A-10) dropped their fourth straight while Duquesne (14-7, 4-4 A-10) won their first game off of a loss.
 
KEY MOMENT
1st Quarter- 00:00 - Senior Sydney Freeman hit a three as time expired to complete the Flyers' highest scoring quarter this season.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1^st Quarter: Dayton 30, Duquesne 16

• The Dukes struck first by hitting a three on their first offensive possession.
• Senior Mariah Perez responded by scoring all of the Flyers' first eight points.
• Duquesne gave up four turnovers over the next 4:52, which they paired with a 2:36 scoring drought.
• Freeman hit a deep three as the time expired in the first quarter to give the Flyers a 14-point lead. This was their largest lead of the game so far.
• 30 points in the first quarter was the most points the Flyers had scored in any quarter this season.
• The Flyers were 100 percent from three and 56 percent from the field.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 42, Duquesne 39

• Sophomore Arianna Smith started the second quarter by hitting a jumper off of a turnover.
• Junior Taisiya Koslova's three-pointer made the Flyers three for three from the arc, and gave them a 19-point lead.
• Duquesne created two turnovers and hit four points, which led the Flyers to take a timeout.
• The Flyers went into a 3:07 scoring drought, and allowed the Dukes to go on a 10-0 scoring run.
• The Dukes hit four of their last four field goals while the Flyers did not score from the field for the last 3:06 of the quarter.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 52, Duquesne 64

• Perez got the Flyers started by hitting a jumper to start the third quarter.
• Dayton went on a scoring drought for 4:19 while they allowed the Dukes to go on a 12-0 scoring run.
• The free throw hit by Megan McConnell of the Dukes gave them their largest lead of the game at seven points.
• Duquesne went on an 11-0 run where they hit five of six from the field.
• The Flyers were outscored 25-8 in the third quarter.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 79, Duquesne 87

• Freeman scored the first three points of the quarter by hitting a layup and a successful free throw.
• Dayton had a 3:04 scoring drought while the Dukes went on an 11-0 scoring run.
• Redshirt junior Destiny Bohanon hit a three, created a turnover, and threw in a layup to put herself at 13 points for the night.
• Freeman hit a three with 28 seconds remaining, which put the Flyers within nine.
• The Flyers went five for five in field goal attempts, but could not finish the comeback.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
4 - Four Flyers hit double-digit points. Those players are Freeman, Perez, Bohanon, and Lear
15- Mariah Perez led the Flyers in rebounding with 15 rebounds. This gave her a double-double on the night.
19 - The Flyers took a 19-point lead, their largest in the game, in the second quarter with 06:41 remaining.
30 - The 30 points scored in the first quarter was the highest point total by the Flyers in a single quarter this season.
 
KEY STAT

• 38 – Dayton led by as much as 19 and gave up the lead to trail by 19 in the second half.

 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will travel to Washington, D.C. to take on George Washington on Saturday, Jan. 28. Follow this game live on ESPN+ at 1:30 p.m.