UD CLOSES 2015 AGAINST ARKANSAS AT HOME ON WEDNESDAY• The University of Dayton Flyers close 2015 at home against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.
• The game will be carried by CBS Sports Network and is available with live streaming audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT ARKANSAS • The Arkansas Razorbackss enter the game 6-5 overall, but have won three of their last four.
• Arkansas is led by the trio of Anthlon Bell (17.1 ppg), Dusty Hannas (16.5 ppg) and Moses Kingsley (16.1 ppg).
• The Razorbacks' high pressure defense forces 15.7 turnovers and 8.0 steals per game.
SERIES STUFF• Arkansas leads the all-time series 2-0.
• Last year, UD lost 69-55 in Fayetteville.
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 63 victories in the first 84 games, one win 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 redshirt junior
Charles Cooke, the juniors are also Dayton's top four scorers: Cooke, 14.4 ppg; Pollard, 11.8 ppg; Smith, 11.2 ppg; and Davis, 8.0 ppg.
ON THE PLUS SIDE• Plus-minus measures how teams perform with a certain player on and off the court, and calculates the overall impact that player has on team success.
• Dayton's top plus-minus players
Steve McElvene (+11.27),
Charles Cooke (+11.18) and
Scoochie Smith (+9.18).
ONE HUNDRED IS GRAND• Coach
Archie Miller is seeking his 100th career victory. He would become just the fifth Flyer coach to reach the century mark in wins.
• Miller trails College Basketball Hall of Famer Don Donoher (437 wins), Tom Blackburn (324), Brian Gregory (172) and Oliver Purnell (155) on Dayton's all-time victory list.
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 29-11 in the last nine years against the power five programs.
• The Flyers are 3-0 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over No. 21/16 Vanderbilt, Alabama and Iowa.
• Dayton's 29 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama and Georgia Tech (three times), Boston College and Auburn (all twice), Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Stanford, Syracuse, Ohio State, California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisville, West Virginia, Wake Forest, Iowa and Pittsburgh.
• The Flyers have won the last seven against the ACC and 12 of the last 15 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have also won 11 of the last 15 games against BIG EAST opponents.
DECEMBER DELIGHT• Dayton just earned its 17th consecutive season with a winning record in December.
• UD is 50-11 (.820) in the month of December dating back to the 2007-08 campaign.
• Coach
Archie Miller is 24-8 all-time in December.
CONTROL THE GLASS• In Dayton's nine wins, the Flyers out-rebound opponents by 9.4 per contest.
• In the two losses, the Flyers' rebounding margin is negative 8.5.
• UD is 8-0 this year out-rebounding teams.
• Dayton out-rebounded Furman 20-3 in the second half.
UP NEXT• The Flyers open Atlantic 10 action on the road against the Duquesne Dukes on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 2:30 p.m. ET.
