DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team will close out the regular season Friday at Saint Louis.  Game time is 7 p.m. ET.   

Dayton is now 20-10 overall and 12-5 in the Atlantic 10 after Tuesday's 77-53 win over La Salle.  DaRon Homes II led UD with  16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists (with zero turnovers).  Toumani Camara added 14 points and Mustapha Amzil came off the bench for another 10.  Malachi Smith dished 10 assists (with one turnover).  

Friday's game will be heard on WHIO Radio, televised on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+.  Streaming audio, video and live stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.

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• Toumani Camara is this season's team captain. He was named the A-10 Player of the Week on Feb. 13 after averaging 21.5 points and 12.5 rebounds while shooting .700 (14-20) from the field and .800 (4-5) beyond the arc in Flyer wins over VCU and Saint Louis. 
• Camara is second in the A-10 in rebounding (8.7). 
• Camara has also stepped up his already strong defensive game.  He leads UD in steals (36) and is second in blocked shots (26).  He is the only player in the A-10 in the top 15 of both.  
• DaRon Holmes II (1st team), Toumani Camara (2nd team) and Malachi Smith (2nd team) were all named Preseason All-A-10.  Holmes and Smith were also on the All-Defensive Team.
• Holmes is on a pair of prestigious watch lists -- the mid-season USBWA Oscar Robertson Player of the Year and the Top 10 of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Award.
• Holmes leads UD in scoring (18.2), and is second in rebounding (7.9.)  He is the only player in the A-10 to be in the top four in both.  
• Holmes leads the nation in dunks (81).  Washington's Braxton Meah (76) and Purdue's Zach Edey (66) are next.  Holmes led all freshmen and was sixth overall with 81 in 2021-22.
• Mustapha Amzil averages 11.1 ppg. in UD's wins, 5.0 ppg. in the losses (9.0 for the season).  
• Malachi Smith (ankle) came back after missing 11 games in the Davidson win.  He returned to the starting lineup vs. Richmond, and had a career-high 13 assists (1 turnover).  In the next game he had 21 points with eight assists (no turnovers).  In his last nine games, he has 54 assists and 12 turnovers.  He also missed the game at VCU with an ankle injury.
•  Kobe Elvis (knee) returned for GW after missing the previous 12 games.  He played 13 minutes at GW, and scored 14 points in 22 minutes at URI.  He had 14 points vs. Loyola.  In the last 10 games, he is 16 of 39 from three (.410).  He had seven assists (0 TO) at Loyola. 
• Koby Brea is averaging 9.5 ppg. in his last 10 games
•Smith (14 games), Elvis (12) and Brea (6) -- UD's top three returning guards -- have missed a total of 33 games between them in 2022-23 due to injuries. 
• Dayton's starting lineup at VCU came from five different countries -- Belgium (Toumani Camara), Canada (Kobe Elvis), Finland (Mustapha Amzil) Mongolia (Mike Sharavjamts) and  the USA (DaRon Holmes II). 
• The Flyers lead the A-10 in scoring defense at 60.7 points per game.  VCU is second at 62.8.  Dayton has allowed 60 or fewer points 18 times in 30 games (including 50 or less six times).

UP NEXT 
• The Atlantic 10 tournament will be played in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center March 7-12.
• UD has clinched the second seed a and will play in the evening session of March 9.