DAYTON – The University of Dayton Women's basketball team ended the regular season Saturday with a 77-42 loss at home to Rhode Island.
 
The Flyers (11-18, 5-13 A-10) end their losing with a defeat while the Rams (18-13, 10-8 A-10) head into the postseason with some momentum.
 
KEY MOMENT

• It was senior day for the Flyers celebrating the great careers of seniors Taishya Kozolva, Anyssa Jones, Destiny Bohanon, and graduate student Mariah Perez.

 
1^st Quarter: Dayton 6, Rhode Island 16

• After a scoring drought, junior Ivy Wolf got the Flyers on the board with a nice midrange jumper at 3:48 mark
• Wolf continued her scoring by knocking two free throws
• After forcing a Rams turnover, senior Anyssa Jones got herself her first points with a nice driving lefty layup at 1:15 mark
• Flyers were able to force the Rams to commit 5 turnovers during the quarter

2^nd Quarter: Dayton 20, Rhode Island 39 

• Redshirt senior Destiny Bohanon got her first points of the game with the put back off her own miss 16 seconds into the quarter
• Graduate student Mariah Perez got herself on the board with back to back put backs to keep the Flyers in the game 
• Perez continued her strong quarter with a nice lefty layup in the paint off a nice assist from freshman Riley Rismiller at 3:55 mark
• Freshman Denika Lightbourne got herself on the board by drawing the foul and knocking down the two free throws with 2:03 remaining in the half 
• Junior Arianna Smith was able to draw the foul to get her first points of the game but could not secure the and-one 
• Bohanon got the nice putback off the Jones missed three at 0:21 mark

3^rd Quarter: Dayton 29, Rhode Island 59

• Freshman Riley Rismiller was able to get herself going by drawing the foul and knocking down one of two free throws at 4:59 mark
• Bohanon secured the nice one-handed shot in the paint off a nice assist from sophomore Nayo Lear at 4:16 mark
• Rismiller got herself a nice fastbreak layup off the assist from Bohanon at 1:28 mark
• Freshman Eve Fiala was able to get herself on the board by knocking down one of two free throws with 18 seconds left in the quarter 
• As time went out, Wolf was able to draw the foul for three free throws and knocked down all of them

 
4^th Quarter: Dayton 42, Rhode Island 77

• Fiala got the Flyers first points of quarter by knocking down two free throws at 8:26 mark
• Ivy Wolf got herself back to back jumpers to continue her strong quarter performance
• Bohanon knocked down a smooth corner jumper off the assist from junior Shannon Wheeler
• Lightbourne added to her scoring after a nice putback off the Kozlova missed three pointer at 3:43 mark
• Perez continued her strong performance with her final jumper of her career in the paint at 1:44 mark
• Freshman Saija Cleveland was able to her get first points of the game by knocking down one of two from the strike with 0:25 remaining in the game

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
11 - Ivy Wolf led the Flyers in scoring with 11 points.
16 - Flyers outscored Rams 16-13 on second chance points.
19 - Flyers were able to draw 19 Rams fouls compared to the Flyers only committing 13.
13-0 – Rhode Island's best scoring run was 13-0 in the first quarter.
8 and 6 – In her final home game as a Flyer, Mariah Perez scored eight points and had six rebounds.
 
KEY STATS
Rhode Island outscored Dayton 48-26 in the paint.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will head to Henrico, Va. for A-10 Championship tournament next week.
 
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