Dec. 10, 2007

University of Dayton senior guard Brian Roberts earned national notice Monday when ESPN college basketball analyst Andy Katz named Roberts the national player of the week in his "Weekly Watch" column on ESPN.com.

Roberts scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting in UD's 70-65 win at Louisville on Saturday. He added five rebounds, three assists and no turnovers in 37 minutes of play. He scored seven points, with five rebounds and three assists earlier in the week in UD's 68-54 win over High Point.

But it was Roberts' big game in Freedom Hall that caught Katz's eye. In "Weekly Watch," Katz wrote "Few players had as much to do with as significant a win as Brian Roberts did for Dayton. The senior guard scored 28 points in a win at Louisville. He scored 14 of the Flyers' first 19 points. There was a mid-game lull when Roberts didn't do much, but as soon as he turned it on again, the Flyers flew past Louisville."

A Pre-Season First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, the Toledo St. John's graduate is the only player in the A-10 who is in the league's top ten in scoring (6th, 19.3), assists (5th, 4.5), FG% (6th, .539, 55-102), FT% (.840, 21-25), 3-pt. FG% (.479, 23-48), 3-pt. FG's per game (6th, 2.88) and minutes (9th, 33.6).

The Flyers are now 7-1, and have won six straight. After a week between games due to semester exams, Dayton is back in action Saturday when the Flyers play host to Coppin State on Tom Blackburn Court. Game time is 7:00 p.m. ET. The Coppin State game is the first of six straight home games for UD.