DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team suffered their second defeat of the season at the hands of Saint Louis University Wednesday night.
KEY MOMENT
1st Half - Saint Louis outscored Dayton 40-14 in the opening 20 minutes.
1st Quarter: Dayton 9, SLU 16
- Junior Ivy Wolf got the Flyers rolling with two quick mid-range buckets.
- Flyers end Saint Louis' 8-0 run with a made free throw from junior Shannon Wheeler.
- Wheeler keeps the scoring going with a mid-range floater cutting the lead to five.
- A SLU layup was made to end the quarter giving the Billikens a 16-9 lead.
- Despite best efforts, the Flyers were outpaced by SLU.
2nd Quarter: Dayton 14, SLU 40
- SLU started off the second quarter with two threes pushing the lead to 22-11 with 5:43 to go.
- Billikens go on a 16-0 run over the next 3:10.
- Wolf knocks down a three to end SLU's run.
- Saint Louis stayed hot pushing their lead to 26 at the end of the second.
3rd Quarter: Dayton 35, SLU 68
- UD starts the half with two free throws from redshirt senior Destiny Bohanon.
- SLU answers back with two threes of their own, expanding the lead to 30 with 6:40 left.
- Bohanon stays hot with an up-and-under layup putting her at 4 points in the half.
- Arianna Smith grabs her eighth board helping her reach the career milestone of 500 rebounds halfway through the third quarter.
- Senior Taisiya Kozlava comes out of the timeout hot with her first two shots of the game as made threes.
4th Quarter: Dayton 61, SLU 87
- Freshman Eve Fiala gets the quarter started with a made layup.
- Sophomore Nayo Lear got her second bucket of the game with a mid-range jumper.
- Flyers have made all three of their last field goals with 7:14 left.
- Dayton outscores Saint Louis 26-19.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
15 and 10 -
Eve Fiala set new career highs and recorded her first double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
10 -
Arianna Smith grabbed 10 rebounds helping her reach the career milestone of 500 rebounds.
81 to 75 - Flyers shot 81 percent from the free throw line, besting Saint Louis' 75 percent.
41 to 38 - Dayton out-rebounds SLU 41 to 38.
35 to 28 - UD bench out-scores SLU bench 35 to 28.
KEY STAT
500 -
Arianna Smith reached her career milestone of 500 rebounds.
UP NEXT
The Flyers will take on La Salle in Philadelphia on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m.
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