Dayton Pulls Away from Davidson in OT, 83-69

Wednesday, February 20

Dayton, Ohio

7:00 p.m.

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Dayton Pulls Away from Davidson in OT, 83-69

2/20/2019 10:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID

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DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton hit all 13 of its combined shots from the floor and at the free-throw line in overtime and Davidson was unable to answer in falling on the road, 83-69, Wednesday evening in Atlantic 10 women's basketball inside UD Arena.

The Flyers (14-10, 9-4 A-10) forced overtime on a layup with two seconds to go in regulation, and then went 3-for-3 from the field and hit all 10 of their free throws to secure the win. They moved to 11-1 on their home floor.

The Wildcats' (15-11, 9-4 A-10) shots never fell in overtime, going just 1-of-12 from the floor including 0-for-6 on threes.

Despite the tough setback, Sarah Donovan (21) and Justine Lyon (20) gave the 'Cats a pair of 20-point scorers on the night. The duo also led the team with nine rebounds each and Davidson as a team hauled in 52 rebounds with 20 on offense.

Katie Turner scored 12 points and dished out five assists, while Kyla Roland had eight rebounds off the bench.

Dayton had a couple of 20-point scorers as well with Lauren Cannatelli and Jayla Scaife scoring 22 and 20, respectively. Shakeela Fowler finished with 14 points and six assists.

The Flyers shot 43.3 percent from the floor and missed just one free throw (20-of-21), while Davidson, the top free throw shooting team in the conference, went just 8-of-21. It finished the game shooting 37.2 percent from the floor, but only 3-of-19 from three-land.

A commanding opening to the fourth quarter by the Wildcats had them leading by 12 (57-45) and just over six minutes left. They opened the quarter scoring 10 points in less than two minutes, with Lyon (6) and Donovan (4) scoring all 10.

The lead would hold until late in the quarter when Davidson went cold in the final 3:21, scoring just five points and Dayton used a 12-5 run to tie it up and force overtime.

Dayton had a 37-30 lead in the third quarter, but the 'Cats charged right back with an impressive 10-0 run to end the quarter up by three.

Despite hitting just 5-of-16 shots to start the game, Davidson did just enough to grab an early 13-11 lead at the end of quarter one. The defense held the Flyers to 5-of-17 shooting in the quarter.

The lead would switch to the Flyers after they opened the second quarter on an 11-4 run to up 22-17 with 3:40 to go. But the 'Cats came back, holding Dayton scoreless in the final 2:33 and got a combined nine points from Donovan (5) and Lyon (4) in the last two minutes to take a 26-24 lead at the break.

Davidson now returns home for its Senior Day this Saturday, Feb. 23, when it hosts Saint Louis at 1 p.m.

GAME NOTES: This was the fifth meeting all-time between both team's women's basketball programs since the Wildcats joined the A-10 … the Wildcats are 0-5 in the series … the defeat was only the second on the season when leading with five minutes left in regulation (15-2) … the pair of 20-point scorers for Davidson was the second time this year it has accomplished the feat … both teams combined for 82 points in the paint: Davidson (40), Dayton (42) … the Wildcats tied their season high with 21 fast-break points … it was their fourth 50-rebound game of the season and the fourth time of 20 or more offensive boards.