NO. 24 DAYTON VISITS GEORGE MASON ON SATURDAY

NO. 24 DAYTON VISITS GEORGE MASON ON SATURDAY

The No. 24/24 ranked University of Dayton Flyers look for their seventh straight victory, as they travel to face the George Mason Patriots on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by MASN & Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT GEORGE MASON

The George Mason Patriots, 8-14 overall and 2-7 in the A-10, will be playing their third game in six days.
The Patriots are led by Shevon Thompson (8.9 ppg, 10.3 rpg), an Atlantic 10 All-Conference Third Team selection last year.

SERIES STUFF

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 71 victories in their first 94 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 redshirt junior Charles Cooke, the juniors are also four of Dayton's top scorers: Cooke, 15.7 ppg; Pollard, 11.2 ppg, Smith, 9.9 ppg; and Davis, 8.3 ppg.

#TRENDING

Dayton is enjoying its best start in the Archie Miller era at 18-3 through the first 21 games.
Steve McElvene's 46 blocks are tied with Sean Finn for the third-most all-time in a single-season at UD.
In two games last week, Kendall Pollard averaged 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and shot .722 (13-of-18) from the floor.
Dyshawn Pierre trails Marcus Johnson for 26th on the all-time scoring list by four points.
In the first half, the Flyers are shooting .425 (251-591) from the field, but in the second half it improves to .512 (271-531).
Dayton is 7-1 this year when Kyle Davis scores in double figures.

NATIONAL RANKING NOTES

Dayton earned the No. 24 ranking in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls this week.
It's first time since 2009 Dayton has been ranked in the top 25 of the AP poll for more than one week in the regular season.
UD is 128-43 all-time as a ranked team.
It's the first time they've been ranked in both polls at the same time since they were No. 22 in both polls last season on Jan. 19.
The Flyers are 2-2 all-time when ranked No. 24.

WINNING ATTITUDE

Dayton has gone 73 consecutive games without two straight losses.
It is the third-longest active streak in the NCAA behind Villanova and Kansas.
This season the Flyers are 12th in the RPI with 10 victories over Top 100 programs.

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