DAYTON KNOCKS OFF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 75-65

Devin Oliver Leads Flyers With 17 Points, 9 Rebounds

Jordan Sibert was one of four Flyers to score in double figures against GW.

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DAYTON -- Behind a 17-point, nine rebound effort by senior forward Devin Oliver, the University of Dayton men's basketball team defeated the George Washington Colonials, 75-65, Saturday afternoon at UD Arena.

The season-high crowd of 13,321 saw four Flyers score in double figures. In addition to Oliver (who was 7-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 behind the arc), Jordan Sibert and Vee Sanford had 13 points piece, and Khari Price chipped in 11.

Price led the Flyers with three assists with no turnovers in 30 minutes of play. As a team, the Flyers had 18 assists on 24 field goals, with just seven turnovers. Eight different Dayton players had at least two assists in the win

GW led 6-4-with 17:08 to go in the first half, but then the Flyers used a 16-2 run over the next 5:54 to separate themselves from the Colonials. Dayton tried to pull away near the end of the first half, pushing the lead to as much as 13 points, but George Washington's Patricio Garino tried his best to keep his team in the game.

Garino had back to back buckets inside of three minutes to limit the damage the Flyers were causing. Garino did his best to pick up the slack caused by the absence of GW guards Maurice Creek and Joe McDonald, finished with 19 points, six rebounds. Colonial post players Isaiah Armwood and Kevin Larsen added a pair of double-doubles. Armwood had 19 points and 13 boards, and Larsen had 14 and 10.

Coming out of the half leading 38-29, Dayton used the first five minutes to expand its lead to 52-35 with 15:18 to go in the game. This run was sparked by consecutive three pointers from Jordan Sibert and Devin Oliver.

George Washington was able pull back to within seven points(60-53) as late as 5:05 left in the second half, but six straight free throws and an emphatic dunk in the lane by Oliver pushed the lead back out to 15 by the 2:15 mark.

The Flyers move to 14-8, 2-5 A-10, and the Colonials drop to 17-4, 5-2 A-10.

Next up for Dayton is a road game on Wednesday, February 5 at George Mason.

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