Dayton Flyers

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Chris Wright had 14 points and 12 rebounds and sparked an early second-half surge to lead Dayton to a 66-51 victory over George Washington on Wednesday night.

Dayton (14-4, 3-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) opened the second half with a 16-4 run to lead 54-30 with 14:35 left. Wright scored the Flyers' first eight points of the half.

Wright didn't score a field goal until the 2:32 mark of the first half, but it was a memorable one.  He threw down a one-handed slam in traffic on a feed from Marcus Johnson that gave him sole possession of UD's career dunk record. His two dunks in the game gave him 104 in just 68 games in a Dayton Uniform.

Dayton led 38-26 at halftime, and its stingy man-to-man defense held George Washington (11-6, 1-3) to its lowest point total of the season.  The two teams were the second and third-best rebounding teams in the Atlantic 10 this season. The Flyers were plus 5.0 and GW was plus 4.7 in rebounding margin, but UD out-rebounded the Colonials 43-30.

Dayton, which extended its school-record home winning streak to 30 games, also got 13 points from Marcus Johnson, 11 from Mickey Perry and 10 from Chris Johnson. The 30-game homecourt win streak is tied for the third-best in Division I.

UD travels to Philadelphia to take on Saint Joseph's Saturday at 6 p.m. ET in a game that will be televised on ESPNU. The Flyers return home to UD Arena on Tuesday, when Rhode Island visits Tom Blackburn Court.