Box Score Final Score: Dayton 68, VCU 48
Location: Richmond, Va. (E.J. Wade Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center)
Records: VCU 13-11 (6-5 A-10), Dayton 10-13 (4-6 A-10)
The Short Story: Despite outscoring the Flyers bench 23-14, The Rams were only able to shoot 26.7 percent from the field as VCU fell to Atlantic 10 leader Dayton and had its four-game winning streak.
QUICK FACTS
- VCU had 10 players score at least one point during the game.
- GG Goodhope and Katherine Strong each had a team-high nine points and seven rebounds.
- Goodhope also added two assists and two steals to go along with her nine points.
- The Rams went 14-of-20 from the free throw line (70.0 percent).
- Despite a major height advantage, Dayton only outrebounded VCU 45-36.
- Dayton's JaVonna Layfield led all scorers with 20 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Dayton started the game on a 5-0 run in the first 30 seconds of the game.
- The Rams got on the board with a 3-pointer from Keira Robinson and eventually cut the Flyers lead to just 12-8 with 2:46 left in the first quarter.
- The Fylers outscored VCU to take a 17-10 lead at the end of the stanza.
- The Rams got within 21-15 on a Goodhope layup with 7:48 left in the second quarter.
- Dayton eventually took a 31-21 lead into halftime.
- The Flyers started the second half on a 9-0 run and VCU got no closer than those 10 points for the remainder of the contest.
WHAT'S NEXT
VCU will travel to Saint Louis on Feb. 8.
