PHILADELPHIA –
Jalen Crutcher scored a career-high 23 points, but the Dayton Flyers fell to the Saint Joseph's Hawks, 81-65.
Dayton had its two-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 9-9 overall and 3-3 in the Atlantic 10.
Darrell Davis added 11 points, while
Josh Cunningham had 10 points for Dayton.
FIRST HALF
- Saint Joseph's pulled away in the first half with a 14-3 run and took a 34-23 lead with 4:45 to go.
- The Flyers responded with a 6-0 run of its own, but the Hawks went into the locker room with a 42-30 advantage.
- The Hawks shot 50 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes and was 6 of 13 from beyond the arc.
SECOND HALF
- The Hawks continued their strong offensive performance taking a 52-33 lead three and a half minutes into the second half.
- SJU extended the lead to 69-49 with six minutes to play and cruised to the victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Dayton has lost nine straight at Saint Joseph's. The last victory at Hagan Arena came on Jan. 29, 2000.
- Crutcher's 14 points in the first half was a season high.
- Crutcher finished the game 8 of 13 from the field and 7 of 10 from beyond the arc. The rest of the team made 6 of 28 3-pointers.
- The Flyers took 21 first half 3 pointers, also a season high.
- Darrell Davis has scored in double figures in seven consecutive games.
- Dayton is 9-0 when scoring 71 or more points this season, 0-9 when scoring 70 or below.
- UD finished the game 13 of 38 from 3-point range (34 percent).
- Jack Westerfield and Camron Greer each recorded their first career college points. Westerfield finished with five points, Greer had three. Â
UP NEXT
- The Flyers return home to host the Rhode Island Rams on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m. ET.
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