DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team will look to bounce back from a disappointing loss when the Flyers visit Richmond in the final regular season road game of 2021-22. Game time is 6:30 p.m. ET. UD fell at La Salle on Saturday 62-60.
Koby Brea and
DaRon Holmes II shared team honors with 18 points apiece at La Salle. Holmes also tied his career high with 12 rebounds for his fourth career double-double.
Tuesday's game will be carried by WHIO Radio, and televised on the CBS Sports Network. Streaming audio, video and stats are available at DaytonFlyers.com.
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• Dayton's four A-10 losses include three by a total of four points.
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DaRon Holmes II and
Malachi Smith have been A-10 Rookie of the Week nine total times.
• Holmes is first nationally among freshmen (and 6th overall) in dunks (64). Next are Memphis' Jalen Memphis (53) and Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren (44).
• Holmes leads the A-10 in FG% (.639, 138-216). He is seven FGM shy of being ranked nationally, but his .639 would be fifth.
• After 29 career games, Holmes is already in the Flyer Top 10 in career blocks (t-9th, with 70).
• Dayton's incoming freshman class was ranked 21st-best in the nation.
DaRon Holmes II, a consensus Top 50 recruit, is the highest-rated prospect to ever sign with UD.
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Malachi Smith is the midst of one of the finest seasons by a UD freshman point guard. He was the first Flyer freshman named an in-season tournament MVP since Roosevelt Chapman was MVP of the UD Invitational in 1980. He already has the UD record for steals by a freshman (now 54) and is second in assists by a freshman (157, 33 away from Juwan Staten's 190).
• After making four of 24 three-pointers in the non-conference season (.167),
Toumani Camara has made 14 of 30 (.467) in A-10 play. He has scored double figures in eight of his last nine games, averaging 11.8 points a game. In those games he is shooting .522 (12-23) from three.
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Kobe Elvis has reached double digits in 10 of his last 14 games, averaging 11.6 ppg.
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Koby Brea has scored double figures in his last four games, averaging 14.0 ppg. off the bench.
• 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.
• The Covid year has complicated "the clock" for college student-athletes. With that in mind, the Flyers' 11 players listed as freshmen or redshirt freshmen are the second-most in NCAA Division I men's basketball. Only Arizona (13) has more. Air Force, Marquette and Vanderbilt (10) are next. KenPom has UD the least experienced team in D-I.
• Ten Flyers average 7.0 minutes or more. Nine have had at least one game of 10 points or more. Eight average 6.0+ points a game, and five average 7.5+.
• UD shoots .506 and allows .389 from the field in its 20 wins this season. In the nine losses, Dayton shoots .414 and allows .456. UD allows 56.8 ppg. in its wins, and 68.2 in its losses.
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• Dayton is home on March 5, hosting Davidson at 12:30 p.m. ET on Senior Day.
