DAYTON – The University of Dayton Flyers improved to 6-2 as they defeated the Grambling State Tigers 76-46 at home on Saturday.

Nate Santos led the Flyers to the victory over the Tigers with a career-high 26 points. Koby Brea (15) and Kobe Elvis (10) also contributed double-digit tallies.

GAME RECAP
1st Half – Dayton 40, Grambling State 16
•    Nate Santos got the Flyers on the board with back-to-back triples.
•    After going down 4-0, Dayton went on a 14-0 scoring run and held Grambling State to a scoring drought of 4:29.
•    Koby Brea and Kobe Elvis got on the scoresheet with threes of their own.
•    Enoch Cheeks ended a Flyers 2:30 scoring drought with a three-pointer giving the Flyers a 22-10 lead. He was the fourth Flyer to hit a three-pointer in the first half.
•    Brea with another triple to give the Flyers a 30-12 lead with 4:42 remaining in the half.
•    Dayton ended the half shooting 50% (14-28) from the field and 60% (9-15) from beyond the arc.
2nd Half –Dayton 76, Grambling State 46
•    The Flyers came out of the locker room in time to witness UD's 1983-84 Elite Eight team be honored during intermission. Dayton head coach Anthony Grant was a freshman on that team.  Counting Grant, 10 of the 13 players on that team returned to the Arena for the 40th-year reunion, along with 91-year-old Hall of Fame coach Don Donoher.
•    Elvis started the second half with yet again another triple.
•    The Flyers went on another scoring run of 7-0 over a span of 1:20 which brought the Dayton lead to 52-23.
•    Brea continued his hot streak from beyond the arc after he hit another triple to bring his tally to five on the night for him.
•    Santos had an athletic put-back dunk for the first Flyer dunk of the game, giving UD its largest lead of the game (62-27) with 10:33 remaining.
•    The Tigers took advantage of Dayton turnovers and went on an 11-0 run over a span of 2:57 to make the game 62-38 with 7:08 to go.
•    Santos hit a corner three to score a career-high 21 points and a career-high five triples. He would go on to hit one more trey to bring his tally to six made on the game and 26 total points.
•    Isaac Jack on a break made an electric dunk bringing the lead to a confident 72-42.
•    C.J. Napier scored his first points in a Dayton uniform (but the 1,281st as a college player)  with a jump hook in the lane with 1:15 to go to close out the Dayton scoring.

BY THE NUMBERS
•    163 – DaRon Holmes II had three blocked shots in the game, making him the all-time Dayton career blocked shot record holder, with 163 in 77 games.  Chris Wright had 162 in 123 career games.
•    3 - 3 Flyers had double digits against the Tigers – Nate Santos (26), Koby Brea (15) and Kobe Elvis (10).
•    6 - Nate Santos set a new personal best by making 6 three-pointers.  Santos made 10-of-12 shots from the floor, including six-of-seven from beyond the arc.
•    26 – Santos' 26 points eclipsed his previous career high of 19 against LSU.   His high at Pitt was 14 points against Towson on November 19, 2021.
•    8 – Santos's 108 points in eight games at Dayton are eight away from the 116 he scored in two seasons at Pitt.
•    8 - Javon Bennett contributed eight assists during the victory without conceding a turnover.  He also had three steals.
•    34 – Bennett was also a team-best +34 in 29 minutes of action vs. Grambling State.
•    9 - Dayton had nine more rebounds than the Tigers, leading the boards 39-30.
•    5 – Five Flyers grabbed at least four rebounds – Holmes (6), Santos, Brea and Zimi Nwokeji )with five each) and Petras Padegimas (4).
•    17 - Fast break points made by the Flyers compared to the Tigers five. 
•    50 - Dayton shot 50% (28-56) from the field and 50% (14-28) from the 3-point line.  It was UD's second consecutive game shooting 50% from deep.

UP NEXT
•    Dayton is home Wednesday, Dec.6 against UNLV at UD Arena.
•    Game time is 9 p.m. ET.