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The University of Dayton Flyers will commence their 106th season of basketball by hosting the IPFW Mastodons on Saturday from Tom Blackburn Court at 2 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised by FOX Sports Ohio, carried by WHIO radio and is available with live stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.
Due to FOX Sports Ohio's broadcast rights, there will be NO live video streaming available at www.DaytonFlyers.com.
HAPPY 106TH BIRTHDAY
Dayton begins its 106th season of men's basketball in 2013-14 and the third season under head coach
Archie Miller. The Flyers have won eight consecutive opening games and 11 of their last 12.
TWO FOR TWO
Dayton picked up two exhibition victories prior to Saturday's regular season opener. The Flyers won 89-62 over Ryerson and 96-87 against Findlay.
Jordan Sibert was Dayton's top scorer during exhibition action averaging 20.0 points per game.
EYE ON THE FLYERS
CBSSports.com has given the Flyers some love this preseason. Junior
Jordan Sibert is considered one of the 20 impact transfers, sophomore
Dyshawn Pierre is one of the under-the-radar sophomores ready to breakout, freshman
Scoochie Smith a Top 20 under-the-radar freshmen and coach
Archie Miller is a coach on the rise according to analyst Jon Rothstein.
WELCOME BACK
The Flyers return starters at four positions and 11 letterwinners. Coach
Archie Miller's squad will add Ohio State transfer
Jordan Sibert along with a highly-touted recruiting class of
Kyle Davis,
Kendall Pollard and
Scoochie Smith for 2013-14.
OPENING DAY HORS D'OEUVRES
• The Flyers have won eight consecutive opening games and 11 of their last 12.
• All-time at UD Arena, Dayton is 40-4 in home openers.
• Coach
Archie Miller is 2-0 on opening day.
• Last time Dayton broke the 100-point scoring mark in a season opener was on Nov. 23, 1991 when UD defeated Austin Peay 101-94.
• The Flyers had a 23-game home-opener winning streak from 1969 to 1991.
ABOUT IPFW
The IPFW Mastodons were picked to finish sixth in the Summit League for the 2013-14 season. Senior Luis Jacobo was named to the Preseason All-League Second Team after averaging 11.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game last year.
SERIES STUFF
This is the first meeting between the two programs.
