Men's Basketball 12/15/2016 8:45:00 AM

DAYTON FACES NORTHWESTERN AT THE CHICAGO LEGENDS

DAYTON FACES NORTHWESTERN AT THE CHICAGO LEGENDS

Riding a five-game winning streak, the University of Dayton Flyers will face the Northwestern Wildcats in the inaugural State Farm Chicago Legends on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.
The game, which will be played at the United Center, will be carried by the Big Ten Network and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT NORTHWESTERN

The Northwestern Wildcats, 8-2 overall, are also on a five-game winning streak.
The Wildcats are led by the trio of Vic Law (15.8 ppg), Scottie Lindsay (15.3 ppg) and Bryant McIntosh (12.6 ppg).

SERIES STUFF

Dayton leads the series 2-1.
The last time the two teams met, Northwestern won in Evanston, 64-57, on Dec. 5, 1988.

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.

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 85 victories in their first 115 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

Charles Cooke is the only Flyer to have scored in double figures in every game this season. • Kendall Pollard and Josh Cunningham join Cooke in scoring in double digits every game they have played this season.
The Flyers have won 14 of their last 16 when Kyle Davis scores in double figures.
Kyle Davis is 25 of 29 inside the arc this season (.862).
Speaking of Davis, he has 16 steals in the last five games (3.2) and averaging 12.2 points.
During Dayton's five-game winning streak, Xeyrius Williams is averaging 9.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting .529 from the field.
When Ryan Mikesell shoots 50 percent or better from the floor, UD is 4-0 this season.
Dayton is 7-0 this year shooting 40 percent or better from the floor.
During the five-game winning streak Dayton has forced 19.2 turnovers per game.
Dayton has 20 blocks the previous two games.
The Flyers are 36-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last five seasons.
UD has won 29 straight games when scoring 80-plus points.
Dayton has won 27 of the last 31 games when three or more players score in double figures.
In the first three games of the season, the UD's opponents committed 41 turnovers (13.7). In the last six, opponents have forced 111 (18.5).
Dayton has hit at least one 3-point shot in 281 straight games.