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Women’s basketball: Dayton suffers its fifth straight loss

Nayo Lear scores 18 for Flyers
UD Arena opened its doors to fans on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, for the first time since phase two of the renovations began. David Jablonski/Staff

UD Arena opened its doors to fans on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, for the first time since phase two of the renovations began. David Jablonski/Staff
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Jan 28, 2023
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The Dayton Flyers women’s basketball team suffered its fifth straight loss, falling 71-57 to George Washington on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

Dayton (3-17, 2-7) began the day in 13th place out of 15 teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was a half game ahead of Loyola Chicago (6-14, 1-6) and a game ahead of St. Bonaventure (4-19, 1-7).

George Washington (14-8, 6-3), which won its third straight game, began the day tied for sixth place.

George Washington took control of the game with an 11-0 run in the last 2:19 of the first quarter. GW led 36-23 at halftime and 50-41 after three quarters.

Nayo Lear led Dayton with 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting. The Flyers committed 18 turnovers to George Washington’s 10 and made 4 of 22 3-pointers (22.2%), while GW made 11 of 29 (37.9%).

Dayton returns to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Loyola.

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