DAYTON -- The top two offensive teams in Atlantic 10 will square off when University of Dayton Flyers welcome Duquesne to Blackburn Court on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m. ET. Dayton is 14-7 this season, and 6-2 in the Atlantic 10. UD's losses are to teams with a combined record of 101-41 (.711 winning percentage). Two of the teams are ranked, and two are getting votes.
The game will carried by WHIO Radio, and televised on Fox Sports Ohio. Streaming audio, streaming video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
THE NEARLY-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.
#TRENDING
• Through games of Jan. 29,
Obi Toppin leads the nation in field goal percentage. Toppin is shooting .692 (119-172) for the year, and is a red-hot .800 (28-35) over his last four games.
•
Josh Cunningham is 12th in FG% (.641, 109-170). No other school has two in the top 15, and only one other team (Gonzaga) has two in the top 30.
• Dayton is fifth in the NCAA (behind Gonzaga, Tennessee, South Dakota State and Creighton) and leads the Atlantic 10 in FG% (.503, 592-1178).
• Toppin had career highs in points (25) and rebounds (12) in Tuesday's 75-64 win over St. Joe's.
Ryan Mikesell matched his career-best 21 points for the second time in three games.
• Toppin has 21 rebounds in the last two games. He had 15 in the previous four contests.
•
Jalen Crutcher leads the A-10 in assists (6.0) and is the only player in the A-10's top ten in assists, assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd, 2.4) 3-pt. FG per game (3rd, 2.3),, 3-pt. FG% (6th, .380, 49-129) and minutes played (7th, 35.9).
•
Trey Landers leads UD in rebounding (6.9). He is fourth in the A-10, and as a 6-foot-5 guard, is the shortest member of the A-10 Top Five.
•
Ryan Mikesell leads UD in +/- this season (+7.71). In the last five games, Mikesell has scored 68 points (13.6 avg.), while shooting .575 (23-40) FG and .824 (14-17) FT. He had scored 38 total points (5.6 avg.) in his previous seven games.
• The Flyers' 14 wins matched last year's win total before Feb. 1.
• The Final Five Dayton's home games have been declared sellouts. That gives the Flyers eight for the season, tying the UD Arena record. The Arena had eight in the 1969-70, the first season Dayton basketball moved across the Great Miami River.
UP NEXT
• UD has a pair of road games this week at Saint Louis (Feb. 5) and Rhode Island (Feb. 9).
• Tuesday's Saint Louis game tips off at 9 p.m. ET.
• Dayton's next home game is Saturday, Feb. 16 against VCU.
