DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers are back on Blackburn Court Wednesday when the St. Bonaventure Bonnies come to town. Game time is 7 p.m. ET.
Dayton is 16-2, with both losses in overtime to Top 20-caliber teams -- Kansas in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational finals and Colorado in a buzzer-beater at the Chicago Legends. The Flyers are seventh in both the Associated Press poll and USA Today Coaches polls UD is 5-0 in the A-10 after coming from a season-high 13 down to edge Saint Louis 78-76 in overtime on Friday.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio televised on the CBS Sports Network and streamed at CBSSports.com. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
THE TRANSFORMED UD ARENA
The University of Dayton has completed a three-year, $76.2 million transformation project of UD Arena in time for the Arena's 50th anniversary season. The project transformed the 50-year-old facility into a state-of-the-art venue. The upgrade, the largest construction project in University history, modernizes the Arena without losing the "soul of the bowl" – the atmosphere that has made UD Arena one of the best places to watch college basketball.
#TRENDING
• After making just two of their first 13 three-pointers at Saint Louis, the Flyers made seven of twelve (including six in a row) to claw back and beat the Billikens 78-76 in overtime. The biggest one was the last one -- a 22-footer by
Jalen Crutcher with 0.1 seconds left. Roommates
Jalen Crutcher and
Obi Toppin had 21 and 20 points respectively. Toppin also had 10 rebounds.
Ibi Watson had 17 and
Trey Landers added 14 (12 in the second half).
• Crutcher was named A-10 Player of the Week after a 20.5 ppg. avg. in the VCU and SLU wins.
• The Athletic named Toppin its Mid-Season Player of the Year in a vote of their college basketball writers and the Sporting News selected him to be one of its First Team Mid-Season All-Americans. He is on four national player of the year watch lists -- the John R. Wooden Award, the USBWA's Oscar Robertson Trophy, the James Naismith Trophy and Lute Olson Award. Jay Bilas listed him as his top breakout candidate.
• Toppin had his 100th career dunk during the Virginia Tech game in Maui, which was just his 20th start and 38th career game. He now has 141.
• UD's No. 7 ranking is its best since December, 1967, when the Flyers were ranked sixth.
• Dayton has been ranked in the Top 20 for eight consecutive weeks for the first time since the last eight weeks of the 1957-58 season. WHIO's Bucky Bockhorn was a star on that team.
• UD is first nationally in FG% (.519, 550-1060) and third in assists (18.9).
• Seven different Flyers have scored in double figures this season. Six have led UD in scoring.
UP NEXT
• Dayton is at Richmond on Saturday, Jan. 25. Game time is 6 p.m. ET.
• UD is at Duquesne on Jan. 29 and then back home against Fordham on Feb. 1.
