DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team will close out a season-opening four-game homestand Saturday when Austin Peay visits UD Arena. Game time is 2 p.m. ET.
Dayton will be looking to even its record after dropping a Wednesday 78-59 decision to Lipscomb.
Malachi Smith,
Elijah Weaver and
Toumani Camara all scored 11 points to lead UD.
The game will carried by WHIO Radio, televised on Bally Sports Ohio and streamed on ESPN+. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING
• For the first time in UD Arena history, all season and single game tickets have been sold before the season even began. That announcement was made on Nov. 4. All 17 regular season home games are sold out, extending an ongoing sellout streak for the Flyers to 28.
• Dayton was predicted to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll of coaches and media. Defending champion St. Bonaventure was picked first, followed by Richmond and Saint Louis.
• Two Flyers were named Preseason All-Atlantic 10. Forwards
Toumani Camara and
Mustapha Amzil were both named to the third team.
• Camara, a transfer from Georgia, is the first immediately-eligible transfer to earn preseason accolades in Atlantic 10 Conference history. He saw action in 57 games in two seasons at Georgia, and started his last 48 games as a Bulldog. Last year, Camara averaged 12.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in 28.4 minutes of action.
• Amzil joined the team mid-year and exactly 50 days after he signed, he earned the first of his three Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week awards. In 19 games (15 starts), Amzil was third on the team in scoring (9.9 points a game), rebounds (5.6), FG% (.496, 68-137) and 3-pt. FG% (.382, 26-68).
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R.J. Blakney was UD's leading scorer against UMass Lowell with 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists. He was +26 in plus/minus ratings in the UIC win.
• True freshman
DaRon Holmes II was the top Dayton scorer in the UMass Lowell game with 13 points (6-10 FG). He tied the Flyer record for blocked shots in a game with six.
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Malachi Smith was one of three Flyers with 11 points against Lipscomb. He also had four assists, four rebounds and two steals in a career-best 31 minutes.
• The Covid year has complicated "the clock" for college student-athletes. With that in mind, the Flyers' 12 players who are listed as freshmen or redshirt freshmen are the second -most in NCAA Division I men's basketball. Only Arizona (13) has more. Next is Air Force (11) with Marquette and Vanderbilt (10 each) right behind.
• Dayton's incoming freshman class is ranked 21st-best in the nation.
DaRon Holmes II, a consensus Top 50 recruit, is the highest-rated prospect to ever come to UD.
UP NEXT
• The Flyers travel to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational. UD will take on Miami (Fla.) in the opening game of the tournament at 12 noon ET on Thanksgiving Day. Dayton will then play either Kansas or North Texas on Friday. The tournament concludes on Sunday.
