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DAYTON FACES PROVIDENCE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND
• Coming off a win against Boise State in the First Four, the No. 11 seed University of Dayton Flyers return to action against the No. 6 Providence Friars on Friday at 9:57 p.m. ET.
• The game will be televised on truTV, carried by WHIO Radio and is available with live video, stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT PROVIDENCE
• The Providence Friars enter the tournament as a No. 6 seed with a 22-11 record.
• Providence is led by LaDontae Henton (19.7 ppg) and Kris Dunn (15.8 ppg). Henton led the BIG EAST in scoring , while Dunn led the conference in assists (7.6 apg).
• The Friars are making their 17th appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament in 2015.

SERIES STUFF
• Dayton leads the all-time series 5-2.
• The Flyers and Friars last played on Dec. 1, 1984 with Dayton winning in Providence, 68-55.

NCAA TOURNAMENT INFO
• This is Dayton's 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Flyers have an 18-17 overall record in the Big Dance.
• This is Dayton's first time in the East Region.
• In 2014, the Flyers advanced to the Elite Eight after defeating Ohio State, Syracuse and Stanford.
• Coach Archie Miller is 4-1 in the NCAA's.
• The Flyers advanced to the Regional Semifinal seven times, the Regional Final three times, and finished as the National Runner-Up in 1967.

MORE ON THE BIG DANCE
• This is the first time Dayton has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 campaigns.
• Archie Miller also became the first Flyer coach to win an NCAA Tournament game in back-to-back years since the Dayton's Don Donoher achieved that feat in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
• This is the third consecutive tournament the Flyers are a No. 11 seed.
• The Flyers are 5-3 all-time as a No. 11 seed.

CONQUERING GOLIATH
• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 26-10 in the last eight years against the power five programs.
• Dayton's 26 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Georgia Tech, Alabama, Boston College and Auburn (all twice), Texas A&M, Stanford, Syracuse, Ohio State, California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisville, West Virginia, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh.
• In exempt tournaments under coach Archie Miller, Dayton is 7-2 against the power five conferences. Miller is 8-3 overall in exempts.
• The Flyers have won the last seven against the ACC and nine of the last 11 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have won 10 of the last 13 games against BIG EAST opponents.

SMALL BALL SUCCESS
• Dayton is 19-6 since Dec. 20.
• UD is averaging 68.9 points and 13.9 assists per game.
• The Flyers are also shooting .476 from the floor and .378 from three-point range during that span.
• Three Flyers are scoring in double figures during this run: Jordan Sibert (17.0 ppg), Kendall Pollard (14.1 ppg) and Dyshawn Pierre (13.1 ppg).
• With no one over 6-6, UD is being out-rebounded just 32.5 to 30.1.

UP NEXT
• The winner of the Dayton-Providence contest will play the winner of the Oklahoma-Albany matchup in the Third Round on Sunday, March 22.