DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team fell short against Richmond in Wednesday night's game.
 
The Flyers (9-8, 2-4 A-10) dropped a decision to the Atlantic 10 favorite Spiders (15-4, 5-1 A-10) in a competitive shooting battle. 
  
GAME RECAP
 
1st Quarter – Dayton 15, Richmond 27

• Senior Nayo Lear started the Flyers off with a layup.
• Sophomore Molly O'Riordan got the offensive rebound and tipped it in for two.
• Graduate student Nicole Stephens made a three pointer after a turnover.
• After getting the offensive rebound, junior Fatima Ibrahim put in a bucket in the paint.
• Sophomore Olivia Leung made a layup with 2:18 remaining in the first quarter.
• Freshman M.G. Talle went two-for-two at the line for the Flyer's final points of the quarter.

2nd Quarter – Dayton 28, Richmond 38

• Stephens scored off of a fast break in the first minute of the second quarter.
• Junior Jayda Johnson sunk a three-point shot shortly after, lessening the gap.
• Johnson met the rim to add two points to the board at the 6:05 mark.
• Talle made a layup off of an opponent turnover making the score Dayton 24, Richmond 32.
• Stephens knocked down a jump shot with 3:32 to go in the half.
• Lear made a jumper in the paint.

 
3rd Quarter – Dayton 48, Richmond 59

• Stephens made a jump shot to kick off the second half.
• Junior Ajok Madol made a layup for her first points of the game.
• O'Riordan put in a second-chance layup at the 7:27 mark.
• Stephens drained a three after finding the assist from Lear.
• Talle made a jumper with 4:18 remaining in the third quarter.
• Less than a minute later, Talle drove and put it a layup for her ninth point, making the score Richmond 50, Dayton 42.
• Ibrahim kept the Flyer scoring going with a made layup at the 2:10 mark.
• Lear went coast to coast and made a solo layup to score the Flyer's last points of the quarter.

 
 
4th Quarter – Dayton 67, Richmond 85

• Leung came out firing and scored the Flyer's first bucket in the final quarter in the first 22 seconds.
• Stephens sank a jumper to continue consistent second half Dayton scoring.
• Ibrahim got the offensive rebound then met the rim to put in a layup.
• Stephens put in a jump shot following an opponent turnover with 6:56 remaining.
• Stephens continued to fight and made another shot in the paint for her 18th point of the game.
• Lear made a second chance layup, followed by Leung with a layup shortly after at the 3:46 mark.
• Madol knocked down a corner three off of a fast break. 
• Leung made a layup under tough defensive pressure at 2:13. 

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 18 - Nicole Stephens had a season-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
• 11 - Olivia Leung chipped in 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.  
• 9 and 9 - MG Talle had a career-high nine rebounds to go with nine points.
• 57.4% - Richmond shot a season-high 57.4 percent and tied a season high with 15 made threes. 
• 13 - Dayton had its fewest turnovers of the season with 13.

 
UP NEXT 
The Flyers will hit the road again to take on Saint Louis on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. at Chaifetz Arena. 
 
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