DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team was unable to complete the upset in Wednesday's home game against George Mason University.
 
The Flyers (13-12, 6-8 A-10) fell to the Patriots (16-7, 11-1 A-10) in front of a record crowd of 12,598 fans at UD Arena.
 
 
GAME RECAP
 
1st Quarter – Dayton 18, George Mason 14

• Sophomore Olivia Leung hit a jumper for the Flyers' first bucket of the game at 9:19.
• Junior Ajok Madol drove to the rim and made a layup to make the score Dayton 4, George Mason 2.
• Graduate student Nicole Stephens made a mid-range jump shot with 7:11
• Madol kept scoring momentum going with another to make the score Flyers 8, Patriots 5.
• Leung met the rim for another two points at the 5:57 mark, then scored again 30 seconds later off of a fast break.
• Stephens hit a three from the top of the key to make the score Dayton 15, George Mason 7.
• Sophomore Molly O'Riordan contributed to the Dayton lead with a three pointer with 4:04 on the clock.

2nd Quarter – Dayton 27, George Mason 35

• Following a seven-minute scoring hiatus between the two quarters, Stephens made a jump shot to reclaim the lead, Dayton 20, George Mason 19 with 6:44 to go in the half.
• Senior Nayo Lear capitalized off of the turnover and drove to the rim to score her first bucket of the game at 5:02.
• Stephens drained a three pointer with 1:11 remaining in the half.
• O'Riordan went two for two from the free throw line to make the score Dayton 27, George Mason 35.

 
3rd Quarter – Dayton 47, George Mason 61

• Madol made a layup under defensive pressure to kick off the second half.
• Lear met the rim for a made layup at the 8:34 mark to make the score Dayton 31, George Mason 35.
• A minute and a half later, Lear drained a pull-up jumper for her sixth point of the contest.
• Stephens created space and made a mid-range jump shot with 5:54 remaining in the third quarter.
• Junior Jayda Johnson came off the bench and made back-to-back three pointers in less than a minute to decrease the deficit to ten points.
• O'Riordan went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe for her second appearance of the game.
• Stephens made a layup at 1:50 for her 14th point of the game.
• While the Flyers trailed consistently, Leung made a layup to make the score Dayton 47, George Mason 57.

4th Quarter – Dayton 61, George Mason 72

• Junior Fatima Ibrahim put in a second-chance layup at the 8:42 mark for her first bucket of the game.
• Leung relieved the Flyers of the scoring drought with a made layup with 3:02 on the clock.
• Madol followed suit and scored off of a fast break at 2:26 to make the score Dayton 54, George Mason 68.
• Stephens was next to finish at the rim just 30 seconds after.
• Nayo Lear for two layups making the score 72-61.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
16 - Nicole Stephens finished with a team-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting.
9 and 9 – Ajok Madol added nine points and a team-high nine rebounds.
48% - Dayton outshot Mason 48 percent compared to 38.7 percent for the visitors.
35 off 25 – The Patriots scored 35 points off 25 Dayton turnover.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will remain at home to host Saint Louis on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. at UD Arena.
 
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