FLYERS OPEN A-10 PLAY AT DUQUESNE ON SATURDAY• The University of Dayton Flyers begin Atlantic 10 action on the road against the Duquesne Dukes.
• The game will be carried by NBCSN and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT DUQUESNE • The Dukes enter conference play 10-3 overall and 7-0 at home this season.
• Seniors Derrick Colter (17.8 ppg) and Micha Mason (16.1 ppg) lead the Dukes attack.
• Duquesne ranks second in the A-10 in scoring (81.5 ppg) and field goal percentage (.480).
SERIES STUFF• Dayton leads the all-time series 49-22.
• Last year, the two teams split the meetings each winning at home. The Flyers won 81-55 at UD Arena and Duquesne picked up an 83-73 triumph in Pittsburgh.
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 64 victories in their first 85 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 four of Dayton's top five scorers: Cooke, 14.7 ppg; Pollard, 12.1 ppg; Smith, 11.5 ppg; and Davis, 8.4 ppg.
CONTROL THE GLASS• In Dayton's 10 wins, the Flyers out-rebound opponents by 8.2 per contest.
• In the two losses, the Flyers' rebounding margin is negative 8.5.
• UD is 8-0 this year out-rebounding teams.
ONE HUNDRED IS GRAND• Coach
Archie Miller earned his 100th career victory after the Arkansas game.
• He became 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.
HANG TEN• Dayton earned its 10th consecutive season winning 10 or more non-conference games.
• It is an even more impressive feat considering the previous two seasons with an expanded Atlantic 10 schedule of 18 conference games.
• Dayton enters A-10 play at 10-2 for the second consecutive year.
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 30-11 in the last nine years against the power five programs.
• The Flyers are 4-0 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over No. 21/16 Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas and Iowa.
• Dayton's 30 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama and Georgia Tech (three times), Boston College and Auburn (all twice), Arkansas, 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 13 of the last 16 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have also won 11 of the last 15 games against BIG EAST opponents.
UP NEXT• The Flyers head home to host the Massachusetts Minutemen on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. ET.
