DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's basketball team hosted VCU Saturday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. at UD Arena in the regular season finale. It was Senior Day, with a pregame ceremony that took place prior to the game.

The Flyers (16-13, 9-9 A-10) took down the Rams (8-22, 4-14 A-10), playing a strong game on both offense and defense.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 17, VCU 20

• Graduate Maliyah Johnson opened up scoring for the Flyers with a quick and easy layup. 
• Sophomore Olivia Leung stepped behind the stripe and made two good free throws.
• Senior Nayo Lear found an opening to bring the ball to the rim, scoring a fastbreak layup at 7:13. 
• Sophomore Ajok Madol got the steal to drive the ball up the court for a fastbreak layup. 
• Graduate Nicole Stephens sank a jumper, which brought the Flyers to a 10-9 lead over the Rams.
• Stephens got the defensive rebound, giving her the opportunity to take the ball up the court and get the Flyers another two points with her turnaround jumper. 
• Junior Jayda Johnson brought the ball back out of an opponent's turnover and scored a three-point jumper.
• Senior Shantavia Johnson makes a jumper with 11 seconds left in the first quarter. 

2nd Quarter: Dayton 37, VCU 30

• Lear hit a jumper in the paint, which made the arena light up with energy.
• Assisted by junior Jayda Johnson, Madol put up a fast break lay-up with ease to bring the Flyers back into the lead. 21-20, Flyers. 
• Stephens, leading her team in points, sank a turnaround jumper in the paint.
• Sophomore Molly O'Riordan made a second-chance layup at 6:11 to put the Flyers five points above the Rams. 
• Leung drained a killer three-point jumper to make it a six-point game. 
• O'Riordan shot a perfect second-chance jumper at 3:40.
• Leung went 2-for-2 behind the line, which brought the Flyers' lead to 34-30. 
• Ibrahim made two appearances behind the line in the final minute of the quarter, making four good free throws for the Flyers. 
• Johnson shot a second-chance jumper, which closed out the second quarter with a seven-point lead.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 60, VCU 45

• Lear opened the quarter with a layup under the basket to give the Flyers a nine-point lead. 
• Madol sank two three-point jumpers in the third minute of the quarter, bringing the Flyers to 47 points over the Rams' 37. 
• Lear shot a turnaround jumper in the paint, which made the crowd go wild.
• Leung followed up her three-pointer with a layup off the fast break to make a 15-point score gap.   
• Lear, from behind the line, made two good free throws with five minutes left in the third quarter.
• Madol got the steal to turn around and score a layup for the Flyers.
• Lear sank a jumper three-pointer at 4:09 to bring the Flyers to a 58-37 lead.  
• Lear found an opening under the basket to get a pass to Ibrahim, who put up a quick and easy layup.

4th Quarter: Dayton 79, VCU 62

• Stephens got fouled on her made jumper to give her an and-one opportunity, which put three points on the board in the first 12 seconds of fourth-quarter play.
• Madol, with her feet behind the stripe, sank two good free throws, which brought the Flyers to 65-47.
• Just minutes later, Madol followed up her fourth-quarter scoring with a swished three-point jumper. The Flyers lead 68-49. 
• Assisted by Leung, Ibrahim found the opening to make a layup under the net. 
• Leung drained a three-pointer at 3:35 to give the flyers a 19-point lead.
• Ibrahim sank a layup to put the Flyers at 75 points, with under three minutes on the clock. 
• Senior Shantavia Dawkins made a driving layup at 1:07 to finish out her Flyer career at home. 
• Senior Eleanor Monyek with a lay-up made her final points at home as a Flyer. 

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
17 - Points for Ajok Madol, leading scorer for both the Flyers and the Rams.
11 - Rebounds by Fatima Ibrahim, who led both teams in rebounds. 
73.3 - The Flyers shot 73.3% from the free-throw line. (11-15)
39 - Rebounds for the Flyers 

UP NEXT
Dayton will head down to Virginia for the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship at the Henrico Sports & Events Center next week. 

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