Anaheim, Calif. -- The University of Dayton Flyers battle the New Mexico Lobos in the fifth-place game of the 2016 Wooden Legacy. Tip is at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be carried by ESPNU and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
• Since 2003, UD has won three of the seven early season basketball tournaments it has played in.
• The Flyers won the 2011 Old Spice Classic after defeating Wake Forest, Fairfield and Minnesota.
• UD won the 2003 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
• In 2008, the Flyers defeated No. 15 Marquette in the Chicago Invitational Challenge final.
• Last year, UD was second at the AdvoCare Invitational.
• In six exempt tournaments,
Archie Miller's teams are 12-5.
#TRENDING
•
Charles Cooke and
Scoochie Smith are the only Flyers to have scored in double figures in every game this season.
• The Flyers have won three of the last four and four of the last six against Mountain West schools.
• UD has won 27 straight games scoring 80-plus points.
• Dayton has won 24 of the last 28 games when three or more players score in double figures.
• The Flyers have won 11 of the last 13 when
Kyle Davis scores in double figures.
• Speaking of Davis, he came into the Portland game with 14 points total in his previous four contests.
• After not scoring in double figures in his first 29 games at Dayton,
Xeyrius Williams has achieved that feat in the last two contests.
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 81 victories in their first 111 games, one win 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.
CHARLES IN CHARGE
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Charles Cooke, a Jerry West Award and Lute Olson Award Watch List player, continues to sizzle for Dayton.
• Cooke has scored in double figures in 10 straight games dating back to last season.
• He scored 17 points versus Nebraska on Thursday and 20 versus Portland on Friday.
• He leads Dayton in scoring (21.2), rebounding (6.0), field goals (31), free throws (32), 3-pointers (12) and minutes (31.6).
X MARKS THE SPOT
• Dayton's
Xeyrius Williams is enjoying his best stretch of basketball as a Flyer.
• After not scoring in double figures in his first 29 games, he's reached that plateau in back-to-back games at the Wooden Legacy.
• Williams recorded 15 points and nine rebounds versus Nebraska.
• He followed that up with a 14-point effort against Portland.
• In the Wooden Legacy, Williams is averaging 14.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 10 of 17 from the floor (.588) and 4 of 8 from beyond the arc.
TOPPING THE CHARTS
• For the second straight season, the Flyers have been selected as the team to beat in the Atlantic 10, according to a poll of the conference's head men's basketball coaches and selected media.
•
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.
ABOUT NEW MEXICO
• The New Mexico Lobos enter the game 4-1 overall and have a high-flying offense averaging 85 points per game.
• The Lobos are led by All-Mountain West First Team selection, Tim Williams, who averages 21.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
SERIES STUFF
• The all-time series is tied 2-2.
• The last time the two programs met was on Jan. 1, 2011 when the Flyers won in double overtime, 76-73, in Dayton.
CONQUERING GOLIATH
• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 31-13 in the last 10 years against the power five programs.
• The Flyers are 1-1 this season over power five schools with a win at Alabama.
• UD went 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.
• Dayton has won 14 of the last 17, including four straight, versus SEC opponents, eight of the last nine against the ACC and four of the last six versus the Big Ten.
UP NEXT
• The Flyers return home to host the Winthrop Eagles on Saturday, Dec. 3.
• Game time is 2 p.m. ET.