NO. 19/17 DAYTON HOSTS DUQUESNE ON TUESDAY The No. 19/17 ranked University of Dayton Flyers look for their eighth straight victory hosting the Duquesne Dukes on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by FOX 45 locally and nationally on the American Sports Network and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT DUQUESNE The Duquesne Dukes enter the contest 15-8 overall and 5-5 in the A-10.
All five of the Dukes' conference losses have come against Top 50 RPI teams (Davidson twice, Dayton, George Washington and VCU).
Duquesne is led by the senior duo of Derrick Colter (18.3 ppg) and Micah Mason (16.3 ppg).
SERIES STUFF Dayton leads the all-time series 50-22.
Earlier this year, the Flyers defeated the Dukes 66-58 in Pittsburgh.
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 72 victories in their first 95 games, four 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, 16.1 ppg; Pollard, 11.3 ppg, Smith, 9.9 ppg; and Davis, 8.1 ppg.
#TRENDING Dayton is enjoying its best start in the
Archie Miller era at 19-3 through the first 22 games.
The Flyers are 10-0 this year when both
Kendall Pollard and
Dyshawn Pierre play.
UD scored 98 points at George Mason on Feb. 6. It was the most points scored on the road since UD tallied 110 at Loyola Chicago on Feb 3, 1973.
Charles Cooke has scored 20-plus points nine times this season. The Flyers are 8-1 when he scores 20 or more points.
Dyshawn Pierre has scored in double-figures in nine consecutive games.
In the first half, the Flyers are shooting .435 (270-621) from the field, but in the second half it improves to .519 (292-563).
UD is 15-1 this year when out-rebounding teams. The Flyers have won the rebounding battle in five straight games.
Dayton is 8-0 when
Darrell Davis hits two 3-pointers in a game.
NATIONAL RANKING NOTES Dayton earned the No. 19 ranking in the Associated Press and No. 17 spot in the USA Today Coaches Polls this week.
UD is 129-43 all-time as a ranked team.
The No. 17 ranking in the Coaches Poll is the best in the
Archie Miller era, eclipsing the previous high of No. 18 at the end of 2013-14.
The Flyers are 6-1 all-time when ranked No. 19.
This is the highest UD has been ranked in the AP Poll since Nov. 19, 2009 when Dayton was 18th.
It is also the highest Dayton has been ranked this late in the regular season since Feb. 15, 1968 when the Flyers were 17th.
UP NEXT Dayton will play three of the next four on the road starting on Friday, Feb. 12 against the Rhode Island Rams. Tip is at 7 p.m. ET.
