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Flyers beat Cedarville in final non-conference game
Tamika Williams-Jeter speaks at a press conference at UD Arena on Monday, March 28, 2022, as she's introduced as the new Dayton women's basketball coach. Photo by Erik Schelkun

Credit: Erik Schelkun

Credit: Erik Schelkun

Tamika Williams-Jeter speaks at a press conference at UD Arena on Monday, March 28, 2022, as she's introduced as the new Dayton women's basketball coach. Photo by Erik Schelkun
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Dec 30, 2022
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The Dayton Flyers women’s basketball team snapped a season-opening 10-game losing streak with a 94-58 victory against Division II Cedarville University on Thursday at UD Arena.

Tamika Williams-Jeter, who was hired in March, earned her first victory as head coach. It was the team’s first game in 18 days.

Mariah Perez led the Flyers with 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Anyssa Jones added 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Sydney Freeman had 18 points and a season-high 11 assists. Arianna Smith had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Dayton shot a season-best 58.3% from the field (35 of 60) and made a season-best 10 of 24 3-pointers (41.7%).

Cedarville (2-8) lost its sixth straight game.

Dayton opens Atlantic 10 Conference play at 3 p.m. Sunday at George Mason (7-6) and then plays at Duquesne (10-3) at 6 p.m. Thursday. It will play its A-10 home opener at noon Jan. 8 against Fordham (8-5).

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