DAYTON VISITS VANDERBILT IN A MID-WEEK CLASH• The University of Dayton Flyers will play on their opponent's home court for the first time in 2015-16 when they visit the No. 21/16 Vanderbilt.Commodores on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
• The game will be carried by ESPNU and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT VANDERBILT• The Vanderbilt Commodores enter the game 6-2 overall and are 4-0 at home.
• Wade Baldwin IV (15.0 ppg), Damian Jones (11.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and Luke Kornet (9.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg) pace the Vanderbilt attack.
• The Commodores have 53 blocks on the year, an average of 6.6 per game. Opponents have only blocked a combined 16 blocks.
SERIES STUFF• Vanderbilt leads the all-time series 4-0.
• The last time the two programs met, VU won 63-60 on Dec. 30, 2005 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 60 victories in the first 80 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 the team's top four scorers (Cooke, 16.0 ppg; Smith, 12.7 ppg; Pollard, 10.7 ppg; Davis, 7.4 ppg).
I LOVE THE 80'S• Dayton has scored 80 or more points in four of the first seven games this year.
• Last year, the Flyers broke the 80-point mark twice in 36 contests.
• UD has won 19 straight scoring 80-plus points.
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 28-11 in the last nine years against the power five programs.
• The Flyers are 2-0 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over Alabama and Iowa.
• Dayton's 28 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama and Georgia Tech (three times), Boston College and Auburn (all twice), 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 11 of the last 14 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have won 11 of the last 15 games against BIG EAST opponents.
UP NEXT• Dayton returns home for four consecutive games. UD will host Chattanooga on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. ET.
