SUPER SATURDAY SHOWDOWN AS UD HOSTS NO. 17 SAINT MARY’S

SUPER SATURDAY SHOWDOWN AS UD HOSTS NO. 17 SAINT MARY'S

The University of Dayton Flyers look to start 3-0, but face a difficult test on Saturday hosting the No. 17 Saint Mary's Gaels. Tip is at 2 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by FOX Sports Ohio and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT SAINT MARY'S

The Saint Mary's Gaels are ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls.
Junior guard Emmitt Naar, a first team all-WCC selection, leads the SMC attack averaging 11.0 points and 9.5 assists per game.
The Gaels return all five starters and nine letterwinners from last year's team that won 29 games.

SERIES STUFF

Dayton leads the all-time series 1-0.
The last time the two programs met was on Dec. 14, 1957 with Dayton winning 69-50 at the UD Fieldhouse.

CONQUERING GOLIATH

UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 31-12 in the last 10 years against the power five programs.
Dayton has won 14 of the last 17, 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 31 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama (four times), 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 80 victories in their first 108 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.

#TRENDING

The Flyers lead the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage (.545), 3-point field goal shooting (.440) and 3-pointers made (11).
Charles Cooke ranks third in the conference in scoring (25.0 ppg).
Scoochie Smith scored 20 at Alabama on Tuesday. The Flyers have won the last nine games when he scores 15 points or more.
The Flyers are looking to start a season 3-0 for just the third time in Archie Miller's tenure.
UD was picked to finish first in the 2016-17 Atlantic 10 Conference preseason poll.
Dayton has won 26 straight games when 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.