DAYTON RETURNS HOME TO HOST SAINT LOUIS ON WEDNESDAY The University of Dayton Flyers look for their fifth straight win hosting the Saint Louis Billikens on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT SAINT LOUIS The Saint Louis Billikens, 8-11 overall and 3-4 in the A-10, have won their last two.
Saint Louis is led by Ash Yacoubou (12.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and Mike Crawford (11.0 ppg, .451 FG%).
SERIES STUFF Dayton leads the all-time series 28-25.
The Flyers have won three straight, but the two programs have split the last 14 meetings.
Last year, Dayton defeated the Billikens 61-45 at UD Arena and 51-44 in St. Louis.
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 69 victories in their first 92 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.
Counting redshirt junior
Charles Cooke, the juniors are also four of Dayton's top scorers: Cooke, 16.6 ppg; Smith, 10.5; Pollard, 10.4 ppg; ppg; and Davis, 8.3 ppg.
#TRENDING Dayton matched its best start in the
Archie Miller era. Last year, UD was 16-3 as well through 19 games.
Charles Cooke has scored in double figures in nine straight games, averaging 19.1 points and shooting .553 from three during that span.
Dyshawn Pierre passed Mike Sylvester and Ed Young on UD's all-time scoring list. He trails Marcus Johnson for 26th all-time by 29 points.
Steve McElvene's 39 blocks are tied for 9th all-time in a single-season at UD.
In A-10 only games, Dayton possesses the league's second-best scoring defense (65.0 ppg).
COOKE EARNS A-10 HONORS Charles Cooke earned the Atlantic 10's Player of the Week on Jan. 25 after leading the Flyers to back-to-back road victories.
Cooke shot .727 from the field (16-of-22) and from 3-point range (8-of-11) in two games last week at St. Bonaventure and at Fordham.
He is Dayton's third A-10 weekly award winner this season.
Steve McElvene and
Ryan Mikesell were named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week earlier this year.
UP NEXT Dayton closes the month of January hosting the La Salle Explorers on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
