DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team takes on Northern Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 4.  Game time at UD Arena is 2 p.m. ET.
The Flyers have won four consecutive games -- three at the ESPN Events Invitational and Wednesday at home 93-54 against Alabama State.  
Toumani Camara led UD with 16 points, followed by 
Kobe Elvis and 
Malachi Smith (15 each) and 
Mustapha Amzil (11).  The Flyers scored 57 points in the second half, and shot 85% (23-27) from the line in the game.
Saturday's game will be carried by WHIO Radio, televised by Ballys Sports Ohio and streamed on ESPN+.  Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING 
• Dayton and Gonzaga are the only two schools to win the Orlando title more than once. 
• Dayton's win over No. 4/3 Kansas was its first over a Top 5 team since the Flyers beat No. 3 DePaul 72-71 at the buzzer on Feb. 18, 1984.  
Anthony Grant was a freshman on that team.
• 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.
• 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. Camara had 14 points in the Kansas win.
• 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 for UD in scoring (9.9 points a game), rebounds (5.6), FG% (.496, 68-137) and 3-pt. FG% (.382, 26-68).  The Helsinki native's game-winning floater vs. Kansas has been dubbed "The Finnish."
• 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.  Among freshmen in Division I, Holmes is fourth in blocked shots per game (2.9).
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Malachi Smith is the first Flyer freshman to been named an in-season tournament MVP since Roosevelt Chapman was MVP of the University of Dayton Invitational in 1980. He leads the team in FT%, assists, steals and 3-pt. FG% (tied), is third in minutes, rebounding and FG%, and fourth in scoring.
UP NEXT 
• Dayton will head to Dallas for a game at SMU on December 8th at 8 p.m. ET.
• The Flyers will be back at the Arena December 12th for a matchup with Virginia Tech.