DAYTON LOOKS TO STAY HOT WHILE HOSTING CHATTANOOGA ON SATURDAY• The University of Dayton Flyers seek their third win in a row, hosting the Chattanooga Mocs on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.
• The game will be carried by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA• The Chattanooga Mocs enter the game 6-2 overall with wins at Georgia and on a neutral site versus Illinois this year.
• Casey Jones (12.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Justin Tuoyo (11. 2 ppg, 2.8 bpg) leads the Chattanooga attack.
• The Mocs lead in the SoCon in field goal percentage (.481) and 3-point shooting (.384) and rank second in scoring (79.0 ppg).
SERIES STUFF• Dayton leads the all-time series 8-2.
• The last time the two programs met, UD won 97-68 on Jan. 16, 1978 in Dayton.
JUBILANT JUNIORS• The junior class of
Kyle Davis,
Scoochie Smith and
Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest in UD history.
• The trio has 61 victories in the first 81 games, two wins ahead of the Class of 2011 (Chris Wright, Devin Searcy, Peter Zesterman and Logan Nourse) during that number of contests.
• The Class of 2011 finished with 97 wins.
• Counting
Charles Cooke, UD's four juniors are also among the team's top five scorers (Cooke, 14.9 ppg; Smith, 12.8 ppg; Pollard, 12.0 ppg; Davis, 7.1 ppg).
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS• Dayton possesses a 26-game home winning streak.
• It's currently the seventh-longest home winning streak in the NCAA (tied with Villanova & Kentucky)
• The 26-game home win streak is also the second-longest in school history, behind the 30 straight victories from 2008-2010.
• The Flyers finished 17-0 at home last season.
• It was only the fourth time in the program's history UD went undefeated at home. The other years are 1949-50, 1959-60 and 2008-09.
• UD is 56-12 at home under coach
Archie Miller.
DECEMBER DELIGHT• Dayton has 16 consecutive seasons with a winning record in December.
• UD is also 48-10 (.828) in the month of December dating back to the 2007-08 campaign.
• Coach
Archie Miller is 22-7 all-time in December.
UP NEXT• UD will host the Furman Paladins on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. ET.