DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team suffered a 60-43 defeat at the hands of Miami University of Ohio Thursday night at UD Arena.  
 
The Flyers fell to 5-4 on the campaign while the Redhawks improved to 5-2 on the season.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 13, Miami (OH) 23

• Senior Ivy Wolf struck first on a smooth mid-range pull-up off a nice screen from graduate student Rikki Harris that got the Flyers on the board 2-0.
• After Miami went on 14-0 run, it was Wolf again this time with a dagger to cut the Redhawks' lead to 14-5 at 6:04 mark.
• Sophomore Ajok Madol got her first bucket going with a nice driving layup at 2:06 mark. 

 
2nd Quarter: Dayton 18, Miami (OH) 33

• The Redhawks held the Flyers to a 6:25 minute scoring drought to start the quarter.
• Harris got Dayton's first points of the quarter with a smooth jumper off the out of bounds play.
• UD was limited to just five points and 1-of-15 shooting in the second.

 
3rd Quarter: Dayton 30, Miami (OH) 46

• Graduate student Nicole Stephens got her first bucket of the game with a solid backdoor cut off the assist from Wolf at the 7:01 mark.
• Wolf continued her strong performance with a smooth floater over the defense and step back jumper to continue the Flyers run.
• After forcing a Redhawks turnover, senior Arianna Smith got herself going with a fast break layup that cut the margin to 39-28 at the 4:57 mark.
• Smith continued her strong quarter by securing the offensive board and finishing through the tough contact to cut the deficit 42-30 with 2:22 to play.

4th Quarter: Dayton 43, Miami (OH) 60

• Smith got the Flyers' first couple buckets of the quarter from inside the paint.
• Junior Nayo Lear got herself going with her first field goal of the half at the 6:38 mark.  
• Wolf got her first points of the quarter off a beautiful spin move bank shot with 4:28 to play.
• The Redhawks held Dayton to one field goal in the last four and a half minutes of the game

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
11 - Ivy Wolf led the Flyers with 11 points in the contest.
70% - The Flyers outshot the Redhawks from the charity stripe at 70 percent compared to Miami's 50 percent.
34 - The Redhawks outscored the Flyers with 34 points in the paint compared to UD's 16.
16 - Dayton scored more points off turnovers with 16 compared to Miami's 12.
14 - Flyers outrebounded the Redhawks on the offensive board with 14 compared to the Redhawks' eight.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will be at home again as they host Central Michigan on Sunday, Dec. 15 at UD Arena. Tipoff will be at 1 p.m. 
 
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