Plenty of points were scored for calculating purposes by the University of Dayton women's basketball team in its annual Math Day game at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at UD Arena.

UD jumped out to an 18-point lead at halftime and cruised to a 91-68 victory over the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Freshman guard Andrew Hoover and senior forward Justin Raterman scored 18 points to lead UD in front of a crowd of 6,788 people, mostly local schoolchildren.

With the win, Dayton moved into second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Raterman said the Flyers are now in "control of their destiny." Dayton now is one game behind Saint Bonaventure University (23-2, 10-0 A-10).

"It feels great to be in control of our own destiny," she said. "Sometimes you have to sit back and hope this team beats that team. ... But right now we kind of control our outcome. It's really a great feeling to be doing that well this late in the conference season."

Junior guard Samantha MacKay scored 16 points, all of which came in the first half, in just 15 minutes off the bench. Dayton head coach Jim Jabir praised MacKay after the game.

"Sam drives me crazy because she can be amazing or drive me absolutely nuts," Jabir said. "She was instrumental in our win."

MacKay said Dayton prepared to defensively stop the 49ers from getting pull-up jumpers.

"They [Charlotte] like to drive and like to pull up and we practiced about not giving them that pull-up and box out their post, and I think we did a really good job preventing them from what they want to do today," MacKay said.

Dayton (16-5, 8-1 A-10) had five players score in double figures. The Flyers shot 47 percent from the field in the game. Dayton also shot 9-for-23 from the three-point line while holding the 49ers to 2-of-4 from behind the arc.

Raterman said the multiple contributors with double-figure scoring is proof Dayton's offense is a challenge for opposing defenses.

"I think it says a lot," Raterman said. "On any given night, anyone can go off and put points on the board. If you try to take one person away, there are others who can hurt you."

Charlotte (15-9, 7-3 A-10) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the game's first two minutes. UD took the lead by responding well to Charlotte's run with a 9-0 run of its own.

The 49ers were led by junior forward Jennifer Hailey with 20 points on a 9-for-13 shooting from the field.

UD next plays host to Saint Bonaventure at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at UD Arena.