NO. 25 DAYTON VISITS LA SALLE ON SATURDAY The No. 25 University of Dayton Flyers are back in the Keystone State when they face the La Salle Explorers on Saturday.
The game will be carried by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT LA SALLE The La Salle Explorers arrive into the game 4-8 overall and 0-2 in the Atlantic 10.
Jordan Price is one of the conference's top offensive performers. He ranks 2nd in scoring (22.7 ppg), 3rd in 3-pointers per game (3.3) and 9th in 3-point shooting (.408).
SERIES STUFF Dayton leads the all-time series 26-15
Last year the two teams split the meetings, each winning at home. The Flyers won 61-50 at UD Arena and La Salle picked up an 55-53 triumph in Philadelphia.
POLL POSITION In the Jan. 4 AP poll, the Dayton Flyers were ranked No. 25.
This is the third straight season UD has been nationally-ranked under coach
Archie Miller.
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 65 victories in their first 86 games, matching the pace 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 redshirt junior
Charles Cooke, the juniors are also four of juniors are also four of Dayton's top scorers: Cooke, 15.4 ppg; Pollard, 11.5 ppg; Smith, 10.6 ppg; and Davis, 8.5 ppg.
#TRENDING Dayton is 12-2 for the second consecutive season, matching the best start in the
Archie Miller era.
In his last two games,
Sam Miller averaged 9.5 points per game. In the previous 12 games, he averaged 2.5 points.
Scoochie Smith's assist-to-turnover ratio the previous three games is 8.5 (17 assists, two turnovers). In A-10 play, it's 10 to zero.
Kyle Davis is shooting .621 from the floor (18-of-29) and averaging 10.4 points per game during the five-game winning streak.
In his last five games,
Steve McElvene is 12-of-13 at the free throw line (.923).
Charles Cooke has scored in double figures in five straight games, all wins.
CONTROL THE GLASS In Dayton's wins, the Flyers out-rebound opponents by 7.4 per contest.
In the losses, the Flyers' rebounding margin is negative 8.5.
UD is 9-0 this year when out-rebounding teams.
UP NEXT Dayton returns home to begin a two-game homestand starting on Tuesday, Jan. 12 hosting the Davidson Wildcats at 8 p.m. ET.
