FLYERS HOST GEORGE WASHINGTON IN RARE FRIDAY GAME ON ESPN2• The Atlantic 10's top two RPI teams will square off Friday night on Tom Blackburn Court when the University of Dayton Flyers host the George Washington Colonials.
• Dayton is 13th in the latest RPI report (1/13), while GW is 30th.
• The game will be televised on ESPN2, and seen on WatchESPN. Live streaming audio, video and stats are available at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT DAYTON• The Flyers feature a balanced attack with four double-figure scorers --
Charles Cooke (15.70,
Kendall Pollard (11.6),
Dyshawn Pierre (10.8) and
Scoochie Smith (10.6).
• Cooke missed the Davidson win with a strained oblique and is currently listed day-to-day.
ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON• Friday's game features two of the A-10's top transfers -- Dayton's
Charles Cooke and GW's Tyler Cavanaugh.
• Cavanaugh averages 17.9 points a game (22.0 in conference).
• Also in double digits are Patrico Garino (12.4) and Kevin Larsen (11.9).
SERIES STUFF• GW leads the all-time series 17-15.
• Last year (Feb. 6), George Washington won in at the Smith Center 65-64 on Joe McDonald's buzzer-beating put-back.
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 66 victories in their first 89 games, two wins ahead of the pace of the Class
of 2011 (Chris Wright, Devin Searcy, Peter Zesterman and Logan Nourse).
• The Class of 2011 finished with 97 wins.
#TRENDING•
Charles Cooke has reached double figures in his last six games, averaging 18.7 ppg. in the six.
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Steve McElvene has a block in all but one game this season. His 34 rejections are already
a new UD freshman record, one more than Mark Ashman's in the 1996-97 season. McElvene needs four more to match Erv Giddings and crack the Flyer single-season top ten.
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Scoochie Smith scored 18 points in the Davidson win, five more than he had scored in his three previous games combined.
• In the last three games,
John Crosby averaged 6.3 points and has a 3.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
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Kyle Davis is shooting .692 from the floor (18-of-26) in the last four home games.
• Over the last seven games, Dayton is allowing just 62.6 points per contest.
CONTROL THE GLASS• In Dayton's wins, the Flyers out-rebound opponents by 6.9 per contest.
• In the losses, the Flyers' margin is negative 4.3.
• UD is 10-1 this year when out-rebounding teams.
UP NEXT• Dayton travels to Olean, N.Y. to take on St. Bonaventure on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Game time is 7 p.m. ET.
