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87
Winner Saint Louis SLU 9-13,4-5 Atlantic 10
61
Dayton UD 9-12,3-7 Atlantic 10
Winner
Saint Louis SLU
9-13,4-5 Atlantic 10
87
Final
61
Dayton UD
9-12,3-7 Atlantic 10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Louis SLU 16 24 28 19 87
Dayton UD 9 5 21 26 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball Falls At Home To Saint Louis

The Flyers Came Up Short Against A Strong Billiken Offense

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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