DAYTON, Ohio – The Duquesne women's basketball team came back from down 19 points to beat the Dayton Flyers on the road, 87-79, on Wednesday night.  
 
Duquesne improves to 14-7 (4-4 A-10) while Dayton falls to 3-16 (2-6 A-10).
 
The Dukes were down by 19 points (39-20) with 6:41 left in the first half, then outscored the Flyers 67-40 from that point on. Duquesne ended up shooting 50.8 percent from the field while holding Dayton to 38.0 percent shooting.
 
Sophomore guard Tess Myers tied her career high of 23 points, doing so on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. She was also 5-for-8 from deep and pitched in with four assists, which is also a career high.
 
Sophomore Megan McConnell scored 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting while grabbing six rebounds, dishing out nine assists and racking up six steals, which ties a season high.
 
Junior center Precious Johnson had 12 points, junior guard Amaya Hamilton had 11 and they both grabbed six rebounds. Redshirt junior guard Lauren Wasylson and junior forward Ayanna Townsend each had 10 points as well.
 
When it was all said and done, six different Dukes were in double digits, which is a season high.
 
Overall, it was a pretty even game statistically. Dayton outrebounded Duquesne 43-41, Duquesne had more steals (9-8), Duquesne had more blocks (20-17) and both teams had 20 points off the bench.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Sophomore guard Naelle Bernard opened up the scoring with a deep three-pointer, but Dayton ripped off six-straight points for the early advantage. That lead was short-lived though, as Myers tied things up with a three-pointer of her own.
 
At the first media timeout, Dayton led 10-6. Duquesne's only two makes at this point were the early three-pointers.
 
Dayton stayed sharp as the first quarter continued, taking a 18-8 lead with 3:02 left in the frame. A layup by Hamilton was followed by another Myers three-pointer, bringing the Dukes within five points.
 
The Flyers kept making their shots though, ending the first on a 12-2 run. They led 30-16 after 10 minutes.
 
The Dukes couldn't make up any ground early in the second quarter, but the back-half of the second quarter was the beginning of an offensive explosion and a special performance by Duquesne.
 
McConnell stole back-to-back passes to make up four points for Duquesne, then a nice finish by Wasylson brought the Dukes within 13.
 
A three-pointer by Wasylson and a layup by Hamilton put Duquesne on a 10-2 run to make it a 41-32 game. A three-point play by Johnson followed shortly thereafter, bringing the score to 42-35.
 
It didn't stop there – Johnson made another jumper, then Myers was found alone off a block by Wasylson. After those two points, Duquesne amazingly went into halftime down by just three points at 42-39. In the last 6:13 of the second quarter, Duquesne went on a 17-3 run.
 
A jumper from the free throw line by Johnson finally made it a one-point game, then a Myers three-pointer gave the Dukes the lead for the first time since it was 3-2.
 
McConnell continued to pest Dayton and notched her fourth steal of the game to go along with back-to-back buckets, including a three-point play, to make it 53-46.
 
Duquesne's three-point barrage kept on coming, as Wasylson and Myers hit back-to-back threes to make it 61-49 with 2:08 left in the third. The Dukes went into the final frame up by 12 points.
 
Myers hit her fifth three-pointer of the game to put Duquesne up by 13 points, but Dayton wasn't going away easily. They cut Duquesne's lead down to eight points with a little over five minutes remaining.
 
Hamilton hit a three-pointer off the glass to put Duquesne back up 11, a Johnson layup put the Dukes up 13 then a Wasylson three-pointer gave them a 78-63 lead with 3:12 left. Just like that, Duquesne put the game away – for the most part.
 
Chaos continued in the last few minutes, but not enough for Dayton to get back into the game. When time ran out, Duquesne was on top, winning 87-79 and completing the 19-point comeback.

GAME NOTES

• McConnell's six steals tied a season high. Her seven field goals made set a new career high.
• Myers made five three-pointers tonight, giving her multiple threes in 18 out of 21 games this season.
• Tonight was Myers' 14^th game of the season with 10 or more points, and her 23 tonight matched a career high.
• Myers also tied her career high of four assists.
• Wasylson set multiple career highs as a Dukes tonight – points (10), minutes (31), field goals made (4), field goals attempted (10) and rebounds (8).
• The Dukes have held their opponents to under 40 percent shooting from the field in all but three games this year. Dayton shot 38.0 percent today.
• Tonight's win marks the first time Duquesne has beaten Dayton twice in the same season since 2015-16.
• Duquesne's 66.7 (10-for-15) percent field goal percentage in the second quarter is tied for its highest in a single quarter this season.
• Duquesne trailed by 19 (39-20) with 6:41 left in the first half and led by 19 points with 1:39 left in the fourth quarter, marking a 38-point swing – the largest Duquesne swing of the season in either direction.
• The Dukes had six players with 10 or more points tonight – the first time the team has done that this season.
• This is the fourth time this year that Duquesne has scored 80 or more points in a game.
• Nineteen points is the largest deficit overcome by the Dukes this season.

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