DAYTON – The University of Dayton Flyers will open the 2019-20 men's basketball season on Saturday, Nov. 9 when they host the Indiana State Sycamores.  

Game time is 7 p.m. ET.  Doors open at 5 p.m. ET.

The University will celebrate two important milestones for its famous home, the UD Arena – the completion of a three-year, $76.2 million Arena Transformation Project, and the building's 50th anniversary season.  The first game at the Arena was played on Dec. 6, 1969 against Bowling Green.

The game will be carried by WHIO Radio and televised on Spectrum News 1.  Live streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.

THE TRANSFORMED UD ARENA 
The University of Dayton is wrapping up a $76.2 million renovation of its Arena. The transformation of University of Dayton Arena occurred in three phases – from 2017 to 2019 – and is being completed in time for UD Arena's 50th anniversary season.
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 125 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament games, 48 more than any other tournament host.

#TRENDING 
•    Dayton and Indiana State also opened the football season against each other in Terre Haute, Ind. (Dayton won 42-35.).  The Flyers and the Sycamores are the only two Division I teams this season to pen against each other in both football and men's basketball.
•    Dayton defeated Division II Cedarville in a preseason exhibition game last Saturday 93-60.  Indiana State did not play in a public exhibition during the preseason.
•    Dayton was 21-12 last season, while ISU was 13-18.
•    Dayton returns three starters – Obi Toppin, Jalen Crutcher and Ryan Mikesell.  The Flyers also return senior Trey Landers, who has career 51 starts under his belt, and sophomore guard Dwayne Cohill, who played in all 33 games as a true freshman.  
•    UD adds five veteran redshirts in 2018-19.  Guard Jhery Matos was an injury redshirt last year.  The other redshirts are newly eligible transfers from four-year schools – Rodney Chatman (Chattanooga), Chase Johnson (Florida), Jordy Tshimanga (Nebraska) and Ibi Watson (Michigan).
•   Big man Moulaye Sissoko from Lincoln Academy in Georgia is the only true freshman on the roster.
•    Toppin is on the Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Award Watch List (#VoteForObi), the Naismith Trophy Watch List and the Lute Olson Award List.  Toppin was also named First Team Preseason All-Atlantic 10 in October.
•    Point guard Jalen Crutcher was named Second Team Preseason All-Atlantic 10. 

UP NEXT 
•    The Flyers host Charleston Southern in their"Maui on the Mainland" Game on Saturday, Nov. 16. 
•    Game time is 7 p.m. ET.