Flyer women win big at UMass

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Dayton women’s basketball team built a big lead in the first half and came away with its second consecutive road victory taking an 80-55 Atlantic 10 win over Massachusetts Wednesday morning at the Mullins Center in front of 2,504 fans. It marked the second Field Trip Day for the Flyers this season.

Dayton improves to 11-5 overall and 3-1 in A-10 action, while the Minutewomen’s record drops to 6-13 overall and 1-3 in the A-10.

Sophomore Cassie Sant was the only UD player in double figure scoring and she put up a career-high 17 points. Senior Patrice Lalor, juniors Sam MacKay and Olivia Applewhite and freshman Ally Malott scored nine points each. Senior Casey Nance scored eight points and also grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. Seniors Kayla Moses, Elle Queen and Justine Raterman each had six points.

Queen equaled her career high with a game-high five steals.

The Flyers also equaled their season-high in takeaways with 30. The Dayton bench outscored the UMass bench 50-6. UD also won the battle of the boards 47-40.

Dayton started the game with a 7-0 run and never looked back. By the third media timeout (7:49) every Flyer had already scored and Dayton was up 32-8. UD shot 45.9 percent from the floor (17-of-37) and held a commanding 47-22 lead at the half.

The two teams both scored 33 points in the second half. UD shot just 29.3 percent in the second half from the floor (12-of-41).

The Flyers will take a trip to the Bronx where they will take on Fordham Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 at 2 p.m. ET. Dayton returns to UD Arena to face off against Richmond on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. ET.