Men's Basketball 11/14/2016 1:37:00 PM

UD FACES ALABAMA IN AN ESPN TIP-OFF MARATHON CONTEST

FLYERS FACE ALABAMA IN AN ESPN TIP-OFF MARATHON CONTEST

The University of Dayton Flyers face a difficult road test on Tuesday against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Tip is at 1:15 p.m. ET as part of ESPN's ninth annual Tip-Off Marathon.
The game will be carried by ESPN2 and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT ALABAMA

The Alabama Crimson Tide, 1-0 overall, returns two starters and eight letterwinners from last season's 18-15 team that reached the National Invitation Tournament.
Senior Shannon Hale, who returns as the team's leading scorer at 10.8 points per game, leads the Alabama attack.
In their win versus Coastal Carolina, the Crimson Tide, graduate student Corbin Collins led the way with 15 points.

SERIES STUFF

Dayton leads the all-time series 3-1.
Last year, Dayton defeated Alabama 80-48 with four Flyers scoring in double figures.

CONQUERING GOLIATH

UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 30-12 in the last nine years against the power five programs.
Dayton has won 13 of the last 16, including four straight, versus SEC opponents.
The Flyers were 4-1 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over No. 21/16 Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas and Iowa.
Dayton's 30 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama and Georgia Tech (three times), Boston College and Auburn (twice), Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Stanford, Syracuse, Ohio State, California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisville, West Virginia, Wake Forest, Iowa and Pittsburgh once.

SUPERIOR SENIORS

The senior class of Kyle Davis, Scoochie Smith and Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest class in UD history.
The trio has 79 victories in their first 107 games, three 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 Charles Cooke, the seniors were also four of Dayton's top scorers last season: Cooke, 15.6 ppg; Smith, 11.7 ppg; Pollard, 10.3 ppg; and Davis, 8.0 ppg.

#TRENDING

UD was picked to finish first in the 2016-17 Atlantic 10 Conference preseason poll.
Charles Cooke was named to the preseason All-Atlantic 10 First-Team and All-Defensive Team.
Joining Cooke on the All-Defensive Team is Kyle Davis. Scoochie Smith earned an All-Atlantic 10 Second-Team selection.
Cooke's 31 points were the most by a Flyer since Chris Wright tallied 30 against Coastal Carolina on Dec. 18, 2010.
UD has won 26 straight games scoring 80-plus points.
The Flyers are 34-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last four seasons, including a 9-0 mark in 2015-16.

DAYTON SIGNS OUTSTANDING RECRUITING CLASS

Archie Miller on Nov. 9 announced the signing of four top high school players to letters of intent: 6-foot-4 guard Jordan Davis of Irmo, S.C., 7-foot center Jordan Pierce of Scotch Plains, N.J., 6-foot guard McKinley Wright from Champlain, Minn. and 6-foot-5 guard Nahziah Carter from Rochester, N.Y.
The new Flyer recruits also had scholarship offers from schools in the ACC, Big Ten, Big XII and Big East, among others.

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