Men's Basketball 1/12/2017 1:12:00 PM

FLYERS HEAD TO THE STEEL CITY TO FACE DUQUESNE ON SATURDAY

FLYERS HEAD TO THE STEEL CITY TO FACE DUQUESNE ON SATURDAY

The University of Dayton Flyers head back on the road to face the Duquesne Dukes on Saturday at noon ET.
The game will be played at PPG Paints Arena, home to the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship.
The contest will be carried by CBS Sports Network and is available with live streaming audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT DUQUESNE

Duquesne, which lost over 70 percent of its scoring from last season, has incorporated a number of newcomers into the 2016-17 rotation.
DU's top four scorers - all starters - are first-year players: Mike Lewis II (12.8 ppg), Emile Blackman (11.5 ppg), Isiaha Mike (11.0 ppg) and Tarin Smith (10.2 ppg).
In A-10 only games, the Dukes lead the conference in rebounding at 40.8 per game.

SERIES STUFF

Dayton leads the series 51-22.
Last year the Flyers were victorious in both contests winning 66-58 in Pittsburgh and rallying for a 76-74 triumph in Dayton.

AWESOME IN THE ATLANTIC 10

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 90 victories in their first 122 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

Dayton has won 10 of its last 12 games.
Charles Cooke has scored in double figures in all but one game he's played this year.
The Flyers have won 18 of their last 21 when Kyle Davis scores in double figures.
In the past five games, Davis averaged 13.6 points while shooting 23 of 36 from the floor (.639) and 8 of 13 from 3-point range (.615).
When Ryan Mikesell shoots 50 percent or better from the floor, UD is 9-0 this season.
In the last three games, Xeyrius Williams is averaging 6.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest.
The Flyers have won 11 of their last 16 conference road contests.
Dayton is 11-0 this year shooting 40 percent or better from the floor.
UD is shooting .505 from the floor in victories this year and .342 in its four losses this season.
The Flyers are 38-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last five seasons.
UD has won 31 straight games when scoring 80-plus points.
Dayton has won 32 of the last 36 games when three or more players score in double figures.
The Flyers have had four or more players reach double figures six times this year.
Dayton has hit at least one 3-point shot in 288 straight games.
Dayton has been out-scored in the second half only once this season.
After halftime, UD is out-scoring its opponents by 8.3 points per game.
The Flyers have forced 10 or more turnovers all but one game this year.
Dayton's defense has forced 16 turnovers per game in the past five contests.