NO. 22 FLYERS RETURN HOME TO HOST RHODE ISLAND ON SATURDAY• The No. 22 ranked University of Dayton Flyers return home to host the Rhode Island Rams on Saturday at noon ET.
• The game will be carried by ESPN2 and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT RHODE ISLAND • The Rhode Island Rams come into the contest 15-13 overall and 7-8 in the Atlantic 10.
• Jared Terrell leads the Rhode Island attack averaging 13.9 points per game. Jarvis Garrett is close behind averaging 13.3 points.
• On Wednesday, URI announced that Hassan Martin, the A-10's leading shot blocker, is out for the season with a knee injury. He was averaging 12.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
• In league play, Rhode Island ranks second in scoring defense (66.0 ppg), only behind Dayton.
SERIES STUFF• Dayton leads the all-time series 16-13.
• The Flyers won at Rhode Island earlier this year, 68-66, after a
Darrell Davis go-ahead three with 21 seconds to play.
JUBILANT JUNIORS• The junior class of
Kyle Davis,
Scoochie Smith and
Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest class in UD history.
• The trio has 75 victories in their first 100 games, six 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 redshirt junior
Charles Cooke, the juniors are also four of Dayton's top scorers: Cooke, 15.7 ppg; Pollard, 11.0 ppg, Smith, 10.7 ppg; and Davis, 7.9 ppg.
#TRENDING• The Flyers are 33-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last three seasons, including an 8-0 mark this year.
• In A-10 only games, UD leads the league in scoring defense at 63.1 points per game.
• UD is 9-1 this season when
Kyle Davis scores in double figures.
• The Flyers are 11-0 this year when both
Kendall Pollard and
Dyshawn Pierre play.
• Pierre has recorded double-digit rebounding performances in three straight games.
• UD is 18-1 this year when out-rebounding teams and has won eight straight.
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Charles Cooke has scored 20-plus points 11 times this season. The Flyers are 9-2 when he scores 20 or more points.
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Steve McElvene is four blocks away from tying UD's single-season record.
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Bobby Wehrli reached career highs in minutes (26) and rebounds (six) at Saint Louis.
• Dayton has shot 28-of-104 (.269) from three in the previous four games.
• In the first half, Dayton is shooting .426 (326-766) from the field, but in the second half their marksmanship improves to .502 (361-719).
NATIONAL RANKING NOTES• Dayton earned the No. 22 ranking in the USA Today Coaches Poll this week.
• This is the fourth straight week the Flyers have been ranked this season.
• UD is 132-45 all-time as a ranked team.
• The last time the Flyers were ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll was last season on Jan. 19, 2015.
UP NEXT• Dayton will play its final road game of the regular season against the Richmond Spiders on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
