DAYTON RETURNS HOME TO HOST NORTH FLORIDA• The University of Dayton Flyers will face another tough test hosting the North Florida Ospreys on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
• The game will be carried by FOX Sports Ohio and is available with live streaming audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
Due to FOX Sports Ohio's broadcast rights, there will be NO live video streaming available at www.DaytonFlyers.com.ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA• The North Florida Ospreys enter the game 6-3 overall.
• North Florida is coming off a 23-win season last year and played in the 2015 NCAA First Four.
• Five UNF players are averaging double-digit points led by Dallas Moore (21.4 ppg). Beau Beech (16.2), Trent Mackey (13.6), Demarcus Daniels (11.8) and Chris Davenport (11.2) round out the quintet.
SERIES STUFF• This is the first meeting between the two programs.
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 59 victories in the first 79 games, one win ahead of the pace with the Class of 2011 (Chris Wright, Devin Searcy, Peter Zesterman and Logan Nourse).
• The Class of 2011 finished with 97 wins.
• Counting
Charles Cooke, UD's four juniors are also the team's top four scorers (Cooke, 14.7 ppg; Smith, 12.3 ppg; Pollard, 10.7 ppg; Davis ,7.8 ppg).
DECEMBER DELIGHT• Dayton has 16 consecutive seasons with a winning record in December.
• UD is also 46-10 (.821) in the month of December dating back to the 2007-08 campaign.
• Coach
Archie Miller is 20-7 all-time in December.
UP NEXT• Dayton goes back on the road to face the Vanderbilt Commodores on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 9 p.m. ET.
