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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks
Gabby Smalls
Greg Carroccio/Sideline Photos
55
Winner Dayton UD 9-1,8-0 Atlantic 10
43
Saint Joseph's SJU 5-3,3-3 Atlantic 10
Winner
Dayton UD
9-1,8-0 Atlantic 10
55
Final
43
Saint Joseph's SJU
5-3,3-3 Atlantic 10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Dayton UD 15 9 16 15 55
Saint Joseph's SJU 11 13 7 12 43

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Strong Second Half Sends Dayton Past Women's Basketball, 55-43

PHILADELPHIA – Tied 24-24 at the halftime break, Dayton shot 41.7 percent from the field and held the Saint Joseph's women's basketball squad to 19 second-half points as the Hawks fell to the Flyers, 55-43, at Hagan Arena on Friday evening. The loss marks the first home defeat of the season for SJU (5-3, 3-3 A-10) and improves the Flyers to 9-1 (8-0 A-10).

Sophomore forward Gabby Smalls led the Hawks with 10 points (5-of-8 FG) and eight rebounds while graduate student guard Alayna Gribble chipped in nine points and junior guard Katie Jekot added eight points and six rebounds.

The Flyers held the Hawks to just 29.5 percent (18-of-61) shooting from the field and 15.8 percent (3-of-19) shooting from deep while shooting 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from beyond the arc.

How It Happened:
Q1 – Dayton jumped out to a 9-2 lead by the 6:10 mark, but Saint Joseph's battled back to close its deficit to just four, 15-11, by the end of the first, capped by a Jekot three ball with 26 seconds to go in the quarter.

Q2 – In a second quarter that saw six lead changes, the Hawks outscored the Flyers 13-9 to even out the score, 24-24, by the halftime break. Smalls went for four points, three rebounds, and two assists in just over six minutes of action to pace the Crimson and Gray.

Q3 – Dayton's Araion Bradshaw hit a pair of free throws at the 7:30 mark to open the third-quarter scoring, and the Flyers would go on a 7-2 run and never relinquish the lead from that point en route to a nine-point lead, 40-31, by the end of the quarter.

Q4 – After the Flyers extended their lead by 14 points by the 8:42 mark of the fourth, the Hawks chipped away and got back to within nine on a pair of free throws by sophomore guard Kaliah Henderson. However, Dayton would hold SJU to just two points on 1-of-7 shooting from the floor in the final 4:04 to hold onto the 55-43 victory.

Behind the Box Score
• Dayton held a 39-32 advantage in rebounds, including a 28-20 edge in defensive boards.
• Junior forward Katie Mayock made her first start of the season and 33rd of her career.
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