DAYTON – The University of Dayton Flyers host the Capital Crusaders in exhibition action on Friday, Nov. 2.  It will be the first official men's basketball event at the UD Arena, since Phase II of the three-year Arena Transformation renovation project was completed.

Game time is 7 p.m. ET.

Friday's game will be a coaching matchup of two former Flyer teammates.  Dayton coach Anthony Grant and Capital coach Damon Goodwin were teammates for three seasons at UD, including Dayton's 1984 Elite Eight team.  Grant was a Flyer team captain and MVP as a senior, while Goodwin was a class ahead of Grant and is a member of the UD Athletic Hall of Fame.

The game will be carried by WHIO Radio.  Live streaming audio and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.

THE TRANSFORMED UD ARENA 
The University of Dayton is past the halfway point of a $72 million renovation of its Arena. The transformation of University of Dayton Arena will occur in three phases – from 2017 to 2019.
Phase II included new entrances on three of the four sides, a new box office, new seats in the 300 and 400 levels on the east side and a new and expanded concourse on the east side.
The Arena is an iconic community resource with an economic impact of upwards of $10 million annually. In addition to Flyer men's and women's basketball games, high school tournament games and the NCAA First Four, it is used for competitions such as the Winter Guard International World Championships, entertainment events, large-scale educational seminars and as a staging area for community projects.
UD Arena has been the site of 121 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament games, 38 more than any other tournament host.

#TRENDING 
•    Dayton returns four starters – Josh Cunningham, Trey Landers, Jalen Crutcher and Jordan Davis -- from last year's 14-17 team.  
•    UD also returns Ryan Mikesell, who missed all of last season after double hip surgery in the summer of 2017.  Mikesell started 24 games in 2016-17.
•    In addition to the five veterans, the Flyers have four newcomers on this year's roster.  They are junior college transfer Jhery Matos, redshirt freshman Obi Toppin (who was named the winner of the Dr. George Rau Spirit award despite sitting out the 2017-18 season), and true freshmen Dwayne Cohill and Frankie Policelli.
•    Three Division I transfers – Rodney Chatman (Chattanooga), Jordy Tshimanga (Nebraska) and Ibi Watson (Michigan) also sitting out the 2018-19 season.
•    The Dayton roster is rounded out by a pair of walk-ons – senior Jack Westerfield and sophomore Camron Greer.
•    During the off-season, the Flyers added assistant coach Donnie Jones (previously a head coach at Marshall and Central Florida), strength and conditioning coach Ed Streit (previously at UConn and the Chicago Bulls) and graduate assistant Sean Damaska (previously a development intern with the Dallas Mavericks).
•    Dayton one of 13 schools with at least two former head coaches on their staff.  The others are Cal, Evansville, Fairfield, Georgia State, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Pitt, South Carolina and Washington. 

UP NEXT 
•    The Flyers host North Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 7 to open the 2018-19 season.  
•    Game time is 7 p.m. ET.