HENRICO, Va. - The University of Dayton women's basketball team opened up the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship tournament Thursday with a 62-54 win over No. 10 seed George Washington in the second round.

The Flyers (17-13) advance to the A-10 Quarterfinals while the Revolutionaries (15-17) ended their season.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: Dayton 13, George Washington 14

• Both teams got off to a slow start offensively as the nerves showed.
• Sophomore Molly O'Riordan got the Flyers on the board first with a layup at the 8:57 mark followed by a layup by senior Nayo Lear to put UD up 4-0 in the opening two minutes.
• GW responded though and hit a three with 6:57 to go and took a 6-4 lead.
• By the media timeout, the Flyers trailed the Revs 8-7.
• Junior Jayda Johnson nailed a three at of the break to put UD back on top 10-8.
• The Flyers went cold from the field for the next three minutes before an and-one by grad student Maliyah Johnson made it 13-12 in favor of Dayton.
• GW had the last laugh though and led by one after the first.

2nd Quarter: Dayton 31, George Washington 27

• M. Johnson finished the scoring for Dayton in the first and started it in the second with her second basket of the game to put the Flyers on top once again.
• Junior Fatima Ibrahim followed suit with Dayton finding most of its success in the paint early on.
• Neither team was able to pull away completely despite turnovers mounting for the Revs and Dayton led by four, 22-18, at the 4:44 timeout.
• Grad student Nicole Stephens got an offensive rebound and the putback with 3:21 to play to make it a five-point lead, Dayton's biggest up to that point.
• The Flyers also earned the bonus with 2:25 to go in the half, sending them to the free throw line down the stretch.
• GW was forced to call a timeout amidst a 6-0 Dayton run to put the Flyers ahead nine.
• Eight different Flyers scored in the first half led by five points from four different players.

3rd Quarter: Dayton 48, George Washington 43

• The Revs struck first in the second half to cut it to a one-possession game in the opening minute, 31-29.
• O'Riordan stayed aggressive on the other end and earned a trip to the foul line and a contested bucket the following possession to keep UD ahead.
• M. Johnson nailed another three with 5:20 on the clock to end the GW run and give her eight points in the contest.
• That sparked a 9-0 run over 1:54, putting Dayton up seven midway through the third.
• UD quickly turned that into a double-digit advantage as we approached the final two minutes of the quarter.

4th Quarter: Dayton 62, George Washington 54

• Dayton looked to lock in defensively and slow the pace down to fit its tempo with a five-point lead.
• M. Johnson broke the skid with a pullup jumper in the key with 7:43 on the clock to make it 50-43.
• At the media timeout, it was 58-48 in Dayton's favor with just 2:30 left in regulation.
• The Flyers were on a 4-for-4 stretch and had a 10-point lead to lean on down the final few minutes.
• In the end, Dayton knocked down its free throws to move on to the next round.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
25-9 – Dayton scored 25 points off the bench compared to just nine for GW.
14 – Maliyah Johnson scored a new season high with 14 points while Ajok Madol matched her with 14 of her own.
33.9 – The Flyers held the Revs to just 33.9 percent shooting while hitting 45.7 percent on their own.
13-0 – UD had a 13-0 fast break points advantage.
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers move on to face No. 2 seed George Mason Friday at 5 p.m. in the A-10 Quarterfinals at the Henrico Sports & Event Center.
 
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