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DaRon Holmes II makes a post moved vs Duquesne At Home
Erik Schelkun
59
Duquesne DU 14-10,4-7 Atlantic 10
75
Winner Dayton UD 20-4,10-2 Atlantic 10
Duquesne DU
14-10,4-7 Atlantic 10
59
Final
75
Dayton UD
20-4,10-2 Atlantic 10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Duquesne DU 33 26 59
Dayton UD 36 39 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Puts Away Duquesne 75-59 With Excellent Second-Half Close

Dayton Erases A Four-Point Lead With A 22-2 Scoring Run To End The Game

DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's basketball team put together another conference win against the Duquesne Dukes to sweep the regular season series. The Flyers pulled away with a 22-2 spurt over the last six-and-a-half minutes to win 75-59.  

The Flyers found an opportunity at the free throw line as the Dukes put Dayton in the double bonus with 5:30 to go. The Flyers capitalized by attempting 23 free throws on the night while making 16 (69.6%).   UD made 12 of its last 14 at the charity stripe.

DaRon Holmes II scored a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds. This is Holmes' seventh double-double of the season and his second consecutive after scoring 12 points with 11 rebounds in the game against VCU.

Dayton, ranked 16th/18th in this week's AP and Coaches polls, is 20-4 overall and stands in second place in the Atlantic 10 with a 10-2 record. Duquesne falls to 14-10 and is 4-7 in conference play.

GAME RECAP
1st Half – Dayton 36, Duquesne 33
  • Duquesne scored the first five points of the game.   
  • At the 17:26 mark, Holmes opened the Dayton scoring with a dunk. 
  • Duquesne continued to outscore the Flyers, leaving the score 14-4 at the 13:22 mark. 
  • The Dukes took their largest lead of the night (20-9) at the 10:32 mark, and again with 9:50 to go (22-11).
  • Holmes created momentum in the building with a layup at 7:56 mark. 
  • The Flyers went on a 13-2 run which brought the score to 24-24 with five minutes left to play.
  • The Dukes made a driving layup as time expired to cut the Flyers' lead to three at the half.
  • Holmes led the Flyers with 12 points in the first half. 
2nd Half – Dayton 75, Duquesne 59
  • Duquesne opened the half with a layup off of a stolen ball.
  • Enoch Cheeks started the Flyers' half by scoring a layup on the next possession.
  • Santos' three-pointer at 16:10 gave the Flyers their largest lead of the to that point of six points (43-37).
  • The Flyers gave up the lead to a Duquesne layup to make it 45-44 with 13:53 to go. The Flyers had not given the Dukes the lead since 3:28 in the first half.
  • Holmes gave the Flyers the lead once again with two layups and a successful and-one attempt with 12:04 left to make the score 49-45.
  • The Dukes made a three-pointer to give them the lead of 55-53 at the timeout with 7:40 to go.
  • At this timeout, Dayton was on a 2:00 scoring drought while going 0-for-4 in field goals.
  • Duquesne put Dayton into double bonus with 5:30 to go. Santos and Holmes were able to capitalize and give the Flyers the lead at 58-57.
  • A Cheeks steal and two successful free throws put the Flyers on a 9-0 run, even though they were on a 6:25 field goal drought.
  • Holmes hit a layup to break the field goal drought with 04:18 to go, which gave the Flyers a game-high seven point lead at 64-57. Duquesne proceeded to call a timeout.
  • Dayton extended their scoring run to 14-0 at the 3:00 media timeout. The Flyers led 67-57.
  • A Koby Brea three pointer from Kobe Elvis with 3:27 to go gave Dayton its first double-digit lead of the night, and his trey from Holmes at the 1:17 mark made it 73-57.
  • Duquesne scored with 9.6 seconds to go, which was their first basket since 6:39 to go in the half. This broke Dayton's 22-point scoring run.

BY THE NUMBERS
  • 22 -- Dayton went on a 22-point scoring run to close out the game.
  • 24 – DaRon Holmes II led the Flyers with 24 points while going 10-for-18 from the field.
  • 11 – Holmes had 11 rebounds on the evening, which gave him his seventh double-double of the season.
  • 26 -- Koby Brea was a team-best +26 in the win.  He scored 12 points, and made four of five three-pointers.
  • 15 -- Nate Santos was the second-highest scorer with 15 points while going 5-for-6 from the free-throw line.
  • 10 -- Enoch Cheeks scored 10 points, with eight coming in the second half.
  • 1,000 -- Cheeks scored his 1,000th collegiate point during the first half.  He now has 1,0008 points (846 at Robert Morris, 162 so far at Dayton).
  • 4 -- Javon Bennett, the A-10 assist-to-turnover ratio leader, led with four assists against zero turnovers.
  • 3 -- Holmes blocked three shots
  • 2 -- Holmes and Cheeks led Dayton with two steals.  Both of Cheeks' came in Dayton's 22-2 game-closing run.

UP NEXT
  • The Flyers are back home on Saturday against the Fordham Rams.
  • Game time is 1:30 p.m. ET.
  • That is Dayton's annual Hall of Fame Game.  Volleyball player Lindsay Fletemier, football quarterback Kevin Hoyng, administrator Ken Keck and baseball pitcher Luke Trubee will be recognized during halftime ceremonies.
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