DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's basketball team will play its first road game of the season Friday when the Flyers visit Northwestern  in Evanston, Ill.  Game time is 8:30 p.m. ET.  

Friday's game will be carried by WHIO Radio and televised on the Big Ten Network.  Streaming audio, video and live stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.

Dayton won its season opener on Monday with a 63-47 win over SIUE.  Eight  Flyers scored at least five points with DaRon Holmes II leading the way with 19 points (11-12 FT).  Nate Santos grabbed a college career-best 14 rebounds.  Javon Bennett (6 assists) and Kobe Elvis (5) combined for 11 assists with just one turnover.  Enoch Cheeks had four steals in the game.  Holmes also blocked three shots.

 #TRENDING 
• Dayton is the preseason favorite in the Atlantic 10 in the annual vote of the league's coaches and selected media.  The Flyers received 20 of the 25 first-place votes cast.
• DaRon Holmes II was named Preseason First Team All-Atlantic 10 and to the Preseason All-Defensive Team.  He was the only player on the first team and the defensive team.
• Last season, he was also First Team All-A-10 and on the All-Defensive Team as well the Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 Men's Basketball Championship (21.7 ppg., 10.1 rpg., 4.0 bpg.).
• Holmes is on a pair of prestigious preseason watch lists -- Atlanta Tip-Off Club's Naismith Award, and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Award.
• Holmes led UD in scoring (18.4), and was second in rebounding (8.1.)  He was the only player in the A-10 to be in the top five in both.  He also led the A-10 in blocked shots (1.94).
• Holmes had the most dunks in D-I in the regular season (89) in 2022-23.  He led all freshmen and was sixth overall with 81 in 2021-22.  UD's first bucket of the year was a Holmes dunk.
• Malachi Smith was injured seven minutes into the opener, and after successful surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee on Nov. 8, he will miss the rest of the 2023-24 season.  He was named Preseason Second Team All-Atlantic 10.  He missed 15 games due to ankle injuries as a sophomore.  Because of that, he did not have enough games played to qualify for A-10 rankings, but his 5.6 assists per game would have been third in the league, and his 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio would have been first.
• Dayton was one of three schools to have players on the A-10 preseason first and second teams.
• The Flyers led the A-10 in scoring defense at 61.0 points per game last season.  VCU was second at 62.9  Dayton allowed 60 or fewer points 20 times in 34 games. 

UP NEXT 
• Dayton travels to play in the Shriner's Children's Hospitals Charleston Classic Nov. 16-19.  
•UD opens the tournament with LSU on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. ET.  
•The Flyers will then play either North Texas or St. John's on Friday, with the final rounds of the Charleston Classic played on Sunday, Nov. 19.
•Dayton's next home game is Friday, Nov. 24 versus Youngstown State.