WASHINGTON, D.C. - The University of Dayton women's basketball team traveled to George Washington University Saturday and earned a 66-51 victory on the road.
 
The Flyers (14-11, 8-6 A-10) got back in the win column while ending the Revolutionaries' (11-14, 4-10 A-10) three-game winning streak.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 14, George Washington 11

• Senior Arianna Smith got Dayton started off with a bang, converting an and-one to put UD up 3-0 early.
• Fellow senior Ivy Wolf drilled a three to make it a 6-0 Dayton advantage.
• Midway through the first quarter, the Flyers were up 13-6 with six points from Wolf and five from Smith.
• GW managed to hit a corner three with under a minute to play to make it a three-point game, 14-11.
• Dayton forced six turnovers from the hosts in the opening 10 minutes.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 38, George Washington 18

• UD forced yet another GW turnover on the opening possession followed by a contested bucket from Smith.
• At the 7:35 mark, the Revs took their first lead of the game with a second-chance basket to lead 17-16.
• A three from grad student Rikki Harris with 5:54 to play ended a three-plus minute drought for the Flyers and put them back on top.
• Freshman Molly O'Riordan hit a big three before Wolf added her third from deep to force a GW timeout with 2:54 left in the half and the visitors up 29-17.
• Smith had another bucket and the foul to make it a 34-17 UD lead, causing the Revs to take another timeout with under two minutes to play.
• Defensively, Dayton held GW without a point from the 7:35 mark to the :25 mark, and without a field goal the rest of the half.
• UD scored 16 points off 16 GW turnovers in the first half.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 54, George Washington 34

• Dayton kept the pressure on and outscored GW 7-1 in the first three minutes of the second half, thanks to five points from Wolf.
• Fouls started to rack up early for both teams with the Revs relying on physicality to hang with the Flyers.
• The Revs didn't break their field goal drought until the 5:47 mark in the third quarter.
• GW came alive with a 7-0 run to try and cut into the deficit with 2:30 left.
• The Revs were forced to call their third timeout with 1:06 on the clock and a 54-30 Flyer lead.

4th Quarter: Dayton 66, George Washington 51

• UD got four quick fouls once again as GW continued to take the ball into the defender.
• Senior Shannon Wheeler scored her first points of the game at the 7:15 mark after nice ball movement from graduate student Nicole Stephens and O'Riordan.
• O'Riordan followed up with a three to give her double digits and a new career high.
• The Revs got the margin under 20 by getting to the free throw line.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
20 – Dayton tied its biggest halftime lead of the season at 20 points.
50% to 23% - The Flyers shot 50 percent from three point range, the second highest of the season, while holding the Revs to just 23 percent.
18 – Ivy Wolf had a team-high 18 points while hitting four threes.
11 – Molly O'Riordan had career-highs of 11 points and three threes in 22 minutes of action.
29 off 26 – The Flyers had 29 points off 26 Rev turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will remain on the road to take on Saint Louis Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET at Chaifetz Arena.
 
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