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DAYTON CLOSES THE REGULAR SEASON AT LA SALLE
• The University of Dayton Flyers close the 2014-15 regular season on the road against the La Salle Explorers on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET.
• The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network, carried by WHIO Radio and is available with live stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT LA SALLE
• La Salle enters the contest 15-15 overall and 7-10 in the Atlantic 10.
• The Explorers have turned up the heat defensively, limiting A-10 opponents 62.1 points per game (3rd in the A-10).
• Jordan Price leads the Explorer attack averaging 17.2 points per game, good for second in the Atlantic 10.

SERIES STUFF
• Dayton leads the all-time series 26-14.
• The Flyers won earlier this year at home, 61-50, led by 16 points apiece from Scoochie Smith and Dyshawn Pierre.

SMALL BALL SUCCESS
• Dayton is 16-4 over the last 20 games.
• UD is averaging 70.8 points and 14.6 assists per game.
• The Flyers are also shooting a blistering .486 from the floor and .395 from three-point range during that span.
• Three Flyers are scoring in double figures during this run: Jordan Sibert (17.5 ppg), Dyshawn Pierre (14.3 ppg) and Kendall Pollard (13.7 ppg).
• With no one over 6-6, UD is being out-rebounded just 32.2 to 30.8.

AWESOME IN THE ATLANTIC 10
• Dayton is 36-9 since Feb. 1, 2014.
• Dating back to last season, the Flyers have won 23 of their last 28 A-10 regular season games.

SETTING THE TABLE
• With a win, Dayton would guarantee itself a share of the Atlantic 10 regular season title (the first since the 2003-04 season).
• A victory would also give UD the most regular season wins since the 2008-09 campaign. The 2008-09 team closed the year with 25 regular-season victories, and finished with 27 overall.

WIN BABY WIN
• When the Flyers win, it is with defense. UD allows 57.7 points per game in its victories.
• UD shoots .481 from the floor and are limiting opponents to .400 from the field.

MILLER NAMED NAISMITH COACH OF THE YEAR SEMIFINALIST
• On March 4, Dayton's Archie Miller was named one of the 15 semifinalists for the Naismith Coach of the Year.
• This season, the Flyers have had to overcame a depleted roster that features just six players who were recruited to Dayton and has no active player taller than 6-foot-6.

UP NEXT
• Dayton will head to Brooklyn to play in the 2015 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship. The Flyers' first game will be Friday, March 13.