This was Dayton’s second home game and its second overtime loss at UD Arena. It fell 74-70 in overtime to Illinois State on Nov. 10 in the first home game for new coach Tamika Williams-Jeter.
Dayton had six scholarship players available for this game, plus walk-on Eleanor Monyek, who played two minutes. Taisiya Kozlova and Sydney Freeman did not play.
Destiny Bohanon played all 50 minutes and scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting. She made a game-tying basket with two seconds to play in the first overtime. She’s averaging 17.8 points through four games.
Duvall scored 30 points for Northern Kentucky (2-1).
Dayton last started 0-4 when it lost to Toledo, Ohio State, Miami and Bowling Green to start the 1991-92 season. That team finished 10-18. Dayton has never started 0-5.
The Flyers return to action next week at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. They play Mississippi (4-0) at 8 p.m. Monday and Kentucky (4-0) at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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