DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team lost their second straight home game against Saint Joseph's in a game that was close until the fourth quarter. 
 
The Flyers (4-19, 3-9 A-10) fall short to the Hawks 74-62, while Saint Joseph's (17-7, 7-5 A-10) improves to 7-5 in the Atlantic 10.
 
KEY MOMENT
4th Quarter – First 60 seconds – Saint Joseph's opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back threes, forcing a Dayton timeout.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 17, Saint Joseph's 19

• Junior Taisiya Kozlova opened the scoring with a corner three off a steal from junior Anyssa Jones.
• Dayton led 7-2 at 8:11, shooting 3-3 from the field.
• The Flyers capitalized scoring five points off the Hawks' early turnovers.
• Dayton led 11-8 at 4:51.
• Senior Mariah Perez led the Flyers with eight points in the first quarter.

 
2nd Quarter: Dayton 33, Saint Joseph's 34

• Dayton forced a Hawks shot clock violation at 8:45, leading to a Perez layup.
• The Hawks called a timeout at 6:58 after UD scored six unanswered in 59 seconds.
• Senior Sydney Freeman went coast-to-coast to put Dayton up 29-23 at 5:40.
• Saint Joseph's answered freshman Eleanor Monyek's baseline jumper from Freeman making it 33-29.
• A shooting foul with 0.5 seconds left allowed the Hawks to have a point lead at half.
• UD exclusively scored in the paint in the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Hawks in the paint 22-18 by halftime.

 
3rd Quarter: Dayton 47, Saint Joseph's 53

• Junior Anyssa Jones scored UD's first four points of the second half.
• At 6:51, Kozlova went 3-3 on free throws after being fouled on her three.
• UD cut the deficit to two after Freeman forced a Hawks turnover leading to sophomore Arianna Smith's second basket at 5:49.
• The Flyers reached the bonus with 3:40 left in the quarter.
• Dayton went 10-11 from the line in the third quarter.

 
4th Quarter: Dayton 74, Saint Joseph's 62

• Saint Joseph's opened the quarter with back-to-back threes, giving the Hawks their largest lead of the game 59-47.
• The Hawks went on a 13-5 run over the first 3:30 of the quarter.
• Freeman drained a three pointer to make the score 63-55.
• Saint Joseph's secured six offensive rebounds by the 5:00 marker.
• The Hawks had 10 second-chance points and 19 for the game.
• Perez posted her ninth double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
19 – The Hawks had 19 second-chance points in the game compared to UD's six.
14 – The Flyers had 14 fast-break points compared to the Hawk's 7
14 – UD had three players score 14 points.
92.3% – Dayton was 12-13 from the line.
5 – Dayton had five steals.
 
KEY STAT
10 – Saint Joseph's pulled away in the fourth quarter with 10 second-chance points.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers head to the Siegel Center Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET to take on VCU.