DAVIDSON, N.C. - The University of Dayton women's basketball team went to North Carolina Saturday and suffered a 79-67 defeat to Davidson College.

The Flyers (14-13, 7-9 A-10) were without multiple players and the Wildcats (18-11, 10-6 A-10) took advantage on their home court.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 12, Davidson 20

• Davidson was the first to score on the opening possession to take the early lead.
• Sophomores Molly O'Riordan and Olivia Leung answered for Dayton to give the Flyers a 5-4 advantage by the 7:58 mark.
• The Wildcats countered with a 9-0 run to pull ahead 13-4 before a couple of free throws from senior Shantavia Dawkins ended the rally midway through the first.
• UD struggled during a 1-for-9 stretch as Davidson extended its lead to seven, 16-9.
• O'Riordan and Leung led the way with four points each in the opening 10 minutes.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 27, Davidson 46

• Davidson earned an and-one in the first minute of the second quarter and took its biggest lead up to that point, 23-12.
• Dawkins recorded an and-one of her own a minute later to help spark a rally for UD.
• The Flyers managed to hold the Wildcats scoreless for two minutes, but the skid did not last longer than that as they pushed the margin back to double-digits midway through the second.
• A pair of free throws by grad student Maliyah Johnson at the 4:2 mark ended a nearly four-minute drought for Dayton.
• Junior Ajok Madol put a run together on her own, scoring five straight points for the Flyers.
• Lear, Madol, and Dawkins all had five points each to lead UD while O'Riordan and Leung had four apiece.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 40, Davidson 65

• Both teams talked at half about getting to the basket and both teams utilized that early in the second half.
• O'Riordan took that to hear and scored the first four points for UD in the paint.
• Davidson pushed its lead to 23 points, 54-31, with just under seven on the clock.
• Dawkins followed suit for Dayton, taking it to the hoop and getting to the free throw line.
• At the media break, the Flyers faced a 57-32 deficit.
• Dayton continued to pound the ball inside, only attempting two threes the entire quarter.

4th Quarter: Dayton 67, Davidson 79

• The fourth quarter started slow for both squads, but it was UD that was the first to score with a basket by Maliyah Johnson followed by a three from Leung.
• The Flyers used 5-0 run to cut the margin to under 20 points with just over six to go.
• O'Riordan's bucket at the 6:10 mark made her the first Flyer in double digits. Junior Ajok Madol joined her less than a minute later to give her 11 points as well.
• Maliyah Johnson provided another and-one for Dayton to tie a season-high eight points.
• Despite the score, the Flyers continued to battle on both ends of the floor and narrowed the margin to single digits down the final stretch.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
42 – Dayton outscored Davidson 42-3 on points in the paint.
14 – Molly O'Riordan scored a team-high 14 points.
11 and 9 – Ajok Madol was just shy of a double-double with 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
21-11 – The Flyers made 21 free throws while the Wildcats only made 11.
27-14 – Dayton outscored Davidson 27-14 in the fourth quarter alone.
9 – Shantavia Dawkins scored nine points, just shy of double digits, and her most since Nov. 11 at Xavier.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers will remain on the road for the final away game of the regular season as they take on Loyola Chicago Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. ET in Chicago.

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