NEWS
Women’s Basketball Defeats Dayton to Earn Fourth Straight Win
Charlise Dunn
Charlise Dunn’s Double-Double Led the ‘Cats
Going into Wednesday’s game the Flyers held a commanding 12-1 lead in the all-time series against the Wildcats dating back to the 2014-15 season. Despite the lead, Davidson has been the victor of the most recent meeting between the two teams. The ‘Cats chalked up their second win against Dayton as Charlise Dunn scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Davidson’s 61-51 victory was in front of 12,152 local students inside UD Arena on the Flyers’ annual “School Day.”
Winners of four straight, the Wildcats move to 14-11 overall and 9-4 in Atlantic 10 play.
In addition to her third career double-double, Dunn added a career-high four blocks to go with three steals in 40 minutes of action.
Millie Prior would grab a game-high 12 rebounds, while Katie Donovan finished with 10 points for Davidson, which forced 21 turnovers and held Dayton (13-11, 7-6 A-10) to just 35 percent shooting.
After the Wildcats pushed the margin to as many as 11, 49-38, on a Mallorie Haines triple with 7:45 to play, the Flyers responded with 10 straight to cut the deficit to three.
Clinging to a 49-46 advantage late in the fourth, Davidson answered with a spurt of its own to push the lead back to double digits.
Leading 15-14 after one, Davidson created a little separation early in the second quarter with a 10-2 spurt capped by 3-pointers from Dunn and Issy Morgan before going to the half in front, 31-24.
Arianna Smith paced Dayton with 10 points and 11 boards.
Up Next
Davidson returns home for its annual “Pink Out” contest Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. against St. Bonaventure.