RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Dayton men's basketball team saw its 13-game winning streak – the longest in the nation  -- fall by the wayside Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at Richmond by the score of 69-64.

Dayton falls to 16-3 overall, and 6-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.  UD entered the game ranked 16th in the AP poll and 18th in the Coaches Poll . Richmond moves into sole possession of first place in the A-10 at 7-0.  The Spiders are now 15-5 on the season.

Javon Bennett led UD with 18 points, backed by Kobe Elvis (11 points) and Koby Brea (10).

GAME RECAP
1st Half – Richmond 20, Dayton 15
•    Neither team scored for almost three minutes.
•    Kobe Elvis got the scoring started with a three-pointer at the 17:15 mark.
•    Triples by DaRon Holmes II and Nate Santos gave UD a 9-0 lead.
•    Richmond scored the next seven points to make the score Dayton 9, Richmond 7 with 9:50 left in the half.
•    The game was tied at 13 with 3:53 left in the half, and again at 15 with 2:34 left, and then Richmond scored the final five points of the period to take a five-point lead.
2nd Half – Richmond 69, Dayton 64
•    A pair of free throws by Elvis opened the scoring in the second half. 
•    But Richmond pushed its lead back to eight (27-19) with 17:52 to go.
•    The Flyers battled back to tie it 32-32 four minutes later, and took a 35-34 lead with 12:20 left on an Enoch Cheeks free throw.
•    The Spiders would score the next three points, the Flyers tied it 37-37 with 9:58 to go, and the next Richmond points would give the Spiders a lead the would not give up.
•    Richmond grabbed its largest lead of the night, 56-47, with 3:22 to go, but UD battled back to within three (56-53) a minute later.
•    Richmond maintained a two-possession advantage until 12 seconds left when Javon Bennett sank a pair of free throws.
•    Richmond added two more freebies with eights second to go to make the final 69-64.

BY THE NUMBERS
•    18 – Javon Bennett led all scorers with 18 points
•    12 – Enoch Cheeks led UD with college career-high 12 rebounds. Dayton out-rebounded Richmond 42-39.
•    4 – Kobe Elvis had a team-best four assists.
•    49 – After scoring a combined 35 points in the first half, each tam scored 49 in the second half.
•    33 – Dayton shot 33.9% (20-59) for the game.  After shooting just 19.4% in the first half, the flyers shot 50.0% in the second.

UP NEXT 
•    Dayton returns home to host George Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
•    Game time is 7 p.m. ET.