Dayton Edges Princeton In OT, 62-56

Saturday, November 19

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 p.m.

Princeton University

0-3

Dayton

2-1

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Dayton

PRIN

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

November 19, 2016 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. – Freshman Bella Alarie registered her first career double-double, but the Princeton Tigers were edged by the Dayton Flyers, 62-56, in overtime on Saturday afternoon at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Alarie scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. For the second straight game, junior Leslie Robinson set a new personal benchmark with 12 boards, just missing a double-double (eight points). Sophomore Sydney Jordan contributed a career-high 10 points and six rebounds. Dayton's Lauren Cannatelli finished with a game-high 13 points off the bench while Alex Harris provided a double-double (11 points and 14 rebounds) in the win.

An evenly-contested first quarter that saw four ties and two lead changes had the Flyers take a 15-13 advantage into the second stanza. The Tigers scored six of the first eight points before Dayton rattled off eight of the next 10 to take its first lead of the contest (10-8) at the 1:54 mark. Following a trey from Dayton, senior Jackie Reyneke hit her first career three-pointer before a layup by Harris put the road squad ahead.

After two free-throws from junior Tia Weledji, a five-point burst by Alarie pushed the Princeton advantage up to six as the clock ticked near six minutes to go in the first half. Senior Vanessa Smith added three from the charity stripe as the Tigers stretched their margin up to 10 before a layup as time expired from Dayton made the halftime score 32-24. Alarie scored seven points in the frame to pace the offense.

Trailing by double digits as the third quarter waned on, Dayton made three-pointers on consecutive possessions to cut its deficit to five (37-32) at the 4:57 point of the stanza. The Flyers continued to accelerate their offense as they recorded a 9-2 spurt over the next four minutes to retake the lead, 41-39. Harris' layup gave Dayton a two-point jump (43-41) as the teams headed into the fourth quarter.

Squared at 45-all, a five-point swing by Kelley Austria put the Flyers in front with 3:14 to go. After a basket in the paint from Robinson, sophomore Jordan Muhammad launched a long distance trey to tie the game for a 10th time (50-50). Neither team could find the game-winner over the final minute, sending the non-conference tilt into overtime.

In the extra session, sophomore Caroline Davis dropped in a three-pointer, setting the score at 55-51 Tigers with 2:52 to go. The Flyers countered, going on an 8-1 run, to take a three-point advantage (59-56), leading to a Princeton timeout as the clock sat at 30 seconds. The Tigers missed two three-pointers over the last 24 seconds while Dayton made three free-throws to secure the victory.

Princeton returns to the court on the road at Delaware on Tuesday at the Bob Carpenter Center. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.