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DAYTON - The Duquesne women's basketball team fell to Dayton 78-67 on Sunday afternoon at UD Arena.

April Robinson led the Dukes (9-7, 1-2 A-10) with 15 points. Amadea Szamosi scored 10 of her 13 points in the 2nd half. Olivia Bresnahan added 13 and Jose-Ann Johnson 10. Deva'Nyar Workman recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds off the bench. Johnson and Szamosi added eight rebounds apiece.

Andrea Hoover scored a game-high 22 points for the Flyers (11-4, 2-1 A-10) before fouling out. Amber Deane scored 17 off the bench and Ally Malott had 15.

The 1st half started out with two ties and five lead changes as foul shot by Bresnahan tied the game at 7-7 after the under 16 media timeout. The Flyers would score the three of the next four baskets before a jumper by Johnson and a 3-pointer by Emilie Gronas gave the Dukes a 14-13 lead at the 11:45 mark. Six ties and four lead changes later, Workman's jumper put Duquesne ahead 29-27 lead going into the under 8 media timeout. A Szamosi jumper tied the score for the 10th time in the half at 33-33 with 4:18 left. However, Dayton would end the half on a 9-2 run to take a 42-35 lead into halftime.

Dayton got the first 10-point lead of the game on Janna Burdette's layup at 18:15 of the 2nd half. With UD ahead by 11 points, the Dukes defense would clamp down on Flyers, holding them to 2-of-14 field goal attempts and a pair turnovers over the next 7:29. Duquesne was able to cut the deficit to two points after a Workman jumper with 6:23 remaining made the score 59-57, capping a 17-8 run. Although Duquesne kept it a two-possession game until 1:49 remaining in the game, this was as close the they would get to tying the game. Dayton would make eight straight free throws in a 41 second span to increase their lead to 12 points at 77-65 with 40 seconds remaining.

"It was a tough loss today," said head coach Dan Burt. "We fell a little short at the end, but I am very proud of our effort."

"We were not helped by Dayton making more free throws than we attempted. We need to make our free throws and 3-pointers better."

The Flyers made 31-of-37 attempts for 83.8 percent compared to the Dukes' 18-of-29 (62.1 percent). Duquesne made a season-low three 3-pointers of 15 attempts (20 percent).

"We shot 29 percent from the field in the 2nd half, 63 percent from the line and 0-for-6 from the 3-point line. You cannot shoot that low of a percentage against a very good team like Dayton and win."

The Dukes were 11-of-38 from the field in the second half and finished 23-of-68 for 33.8 percent overall from the field.

"Our effort on the glass and defense was outstanding."

The Dukes outrebounded the Flyers 46-43 with a season-best 23 on the offensive side. Duquesne had 18 second chance points to Dayton's 12.

"We showed great grit and toughness, everyone at Duquesne should be proud of how hard our young women played."

Up next, Duquesne returns home to the Palumbo Center for a two-game home stand beginning Thurs. Jan. 15th against Saint Louis (8-7, 1-1 A-10) at 7:00 p.m. On Sun. Jan. 18th, the Dukes host Saint Joseph's (5-10, 1-2 A-10) in a game that is nationally televised on CBS Sports Network. Tipoff is at 4:00 p.m.

GAME NOTES

• Duquesne leads all-time series 18-17

• The game had 10 ties and 13 lead changes

• Bresnahan tied a career-high with nine free throws made

• After scoring 16 points in the 1st half, Hoover (UD's leading scorer with 19.5 ppg) was held to six points on 1-for-7 shooting in the 2nd half

• The Dukes are 0-6 when shooting under 40 percent and trailing at halftime

• Workman also had double-doubles at Robert Morris and against Syracuse

• Robinson has recorded double-figure scoring in every game but one this season (at Providence)