DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers return home Saturday when they host the Saint Louis Billikens. Game time is 4 p.m. ET. Dayton is 17-9 this season, and is in third place (tied with George Mason) in the A-10 with a 9-4 record. SLU is 17-9 and 8-5. The Billikens took the first meeting between the two teams 73-60 in St. Louis on Feb. 6. That is the only one of UD's last five defeats that was decided by five points or less. UD's losses are to teams with a combined record of 167-70 (.705 winning percentage).
The game will carried by WHIO Radio, and televised on the CBS Sports Network. 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
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Josh Cunningham's free throw with 2.2 seconds left lifted Dayton to a 74-73 win at Davidson on Tuesday, snapping the Wildcats' 17-game home court winning streak.
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Obi Toppin is third in the nation in field goal percentage, behind Gonzaga's Brandon Clarke and Duke's Zion Willliamson. Toppin is shooting .673 (153-226) for the year.
• Toppin's 65 dunks are two away from the UD single-season record set by Chris Wright in 2009-10. The 65 dunks are also third in D-I this season, eight behind Daniel Gafford of Arkansas, and one behind Texas' Jaxon Hayes.
• Cunningham is 12th in FG% (.628, 130-207). No other team has two in the top 20, and only one other (Gonzaga) has 2 in the top 25.
• Dayton is fourth in the NCAA (behind Gonzaga, Tennessee and South Dakota State) and leads the Atlantic 10 in FG% (.502, 721-1436). UD shot .633 (31-49) at Rhode Island.
• The Flyers have found themselves behind 10 points or more and battled back to take a lead in seven games this year. The have come back from double-digit second-half deficits to win three times (at GW, at SBU and Duquesne at home) this year.
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Jalen Crutcher is second in the A-10 in assists (5.7). He is only one of two players in the A-10's top ten in assists, assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3), 3-pt. FG per game (8th, 2.2), and minutes (8th, 36.1). Richmond's Jacob Gilyard is the other.
• The Flyers matched last year's win total (14) 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, set in the Arena's first year (1969-70).
UP NEXT
• The Flyers play at UMass Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. ET.
• Dayton's next game at home is Friday, March 1 against Rhode Island at 7 p.m. ET.
