DAYTON – The University of Dayton Women's basketball team fell short against the George Mason Patriots at UD Arena Sunday, 74-50.
 
The Flyers (10-14, 4-9 A-10) suffer their second loss in a row while the Patriots (19-4, 10-2 A-10) get back on the winning path.
 
KEY MOMENT
2^nd Quarter – Entering the second, Dayton and George Mason were tied at 15 apiece, but the visitors outscored the hosts 19-10 in the quarter and never looked back.
 
1^st Quarter: Dayton 15, GMU 15

• Flyers start the game off with a made three from junior Ivy Wolf.
• Graduate student Mariah Perez had two back-to-back buckets to give the Flyers a 7-4 lead with 6:33 left.
• Redshirt senior Destiny Bohanon gets on the board with a made three of her own.
• Dayton ends 2:44 scoring drought with two mid-range baskets from freshman Denika Lightbourne.
• Flyers played tight defense to keep the Patriots tied at 15.

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 25, GMU 34

• Dayton got on the board with a mid-range jumper from Bohanon.
• Freshman Eve Fiala made a basket to end the Patriots' 9-0 run.
• Perez made a layup after an assist from senior Taisiya Kozlova.
• Bohanon sunk both free throws in the last 52 seconds of the half.
• George Mason drained a three to end the half.

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 37, GMU 49

• Bohanon started Dayton's scoring with a made three.
• Lightbourne got a steal and dumped it to sophomore Nayo Lear for a fastbreak layup.
• The Flyers kept the scoring going with another made three from Bohanon.
• Wolf got to the rim bringing Dayton within 10 with 1:22 left.
• George Mason made a layup of their own giving them a 12-point lead over the Flyers.

4^th Quarter: Dayton 50, GMU 74

• George Mason went on an 8-2 run to start the fourth.
• Perez drained both free throws with 5:03 left in the quarter.
• Freshman Riley Rismiller nailed a three coming out of the time-out.
• The Flyers end the Patriots' 9-0 run with a made and-one layup from Lightbourne
• Lear hit a fade-away mid-range jumper to end the game

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
33 – Dayton and George Mason tied with 33 rebounds each.
15 – Destiny Bohanon had a team-high 15 points and hit three threes.
12 and 10 – Mariah Perez recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 boards in the effort.
8 – The Patriots hit eight threes in the contest to the Flyers five threes.
14 – Mason also had 14 steals in the game.
 
KEY STAT
25 on 24 – George Mason scored 25 points off 24 turnovers in the loss.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will take on Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
 
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