DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team takes on Massachusetts Friday in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship in Washington D.C. Game time is 6 p.m. ET.
The Flyers are the tournament's second seed. UD knocked off top seed and regular season champion Davidson on Saturday at home.
DaRon Holmes II led Dayton with 20 points and
Koby Brea added 18, including the go-ahead step-back three with 43 seconds left.
In the A-10 end-of-year awards,
DaRon Holmes II was the A-10 Rookie of the Year, Second Team All-A10, and named to the All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams.
Koby Brea Was named Sixth Man of the Year,
Toumani Camara was Third Team All-A10, and
Malachi Smith was All-Rookie.
Friday's game will be carried by WHIO Radio, televised on USA Network and streamed on NBCSports.com. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING
• 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 (70). Next are Memphis' Jalen Duren (58) and Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren (44).
• Holmes leads the A-10 in FG% (.642, 147-229). He is eight FGM shy of being ranked nationally, but his .642 would be fifth.
• After 31 career games, Holmes is already in the Flyer Top 10 in career blocks (10th, with 71).
• Holmes II, a consensus Top 50 recruit, is the highest-rated prospect to ever sign with UD.
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Malachi Smith is in 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 56) and is second in assists by a freshman (167, 23 away from Juwan Staten's 190).
• After making four of 24 three-pointers in the non-conference season (.167),
Toumani Camara made 16 of 35 (.457) in A-10 play. He has scored double figures in nine of his last 11 games, averaging 10.1 points a game. In those games he is shooting .500 (14-28) from three.
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Kobe Elvis averaged 10.2 ppg. in A-10 play, after averaging 5.0 in the non-conference.
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Koby Brea has scored double figures in his last five games, averaging 12.5 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 D-I men's basketball. Only Arizona (13) has more. KenPom has UD the least experienced team in D-I.
• UD shoots .502 and allows .392 from the field in its 22 wins this season. In the nine losses, Dayton shoots .414 and allows .456. UD allows 57.5 ppg. in its wins, and 68.2 in its losses.
UP NEXT
• Friday's quarterfinal winner will advance to the A-10 semifinals Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
