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University of Dayton men’s basketball player De'Shayne Montgomery, in a red warm-up jersey, soars toward the basket for a left-handed dunk during an exhibition against Penn State at UD Arena, with a packed crowd of fans in red filling the stands behind him.
62
Penn St. PSU 0-0,0-0 Big Ten
78
Winner Dayton UD 0-0,0-0 Atlantic 10
Penn St. PSU
0-0,0-0 Big Ten
62
Final
78
Dayton UD
0-0,0-0 Atlantic 10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Penn St. PSU 29 33 62
Dayton UD 34 44 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

#UDMBB Takes Flight With 78-62 Victory Over Penn State

Keonte Jones Led The Flyers With 17 Points In Sunday’s Exhibition

DAYTON - The University of Dayton men's basketball team led wire-to-wire in the CareSource Charity Exhibition game against Penn State on Sunday, coasting by the Nittany Lions 78-62 at UD Arena.
 
Graduate student Keonte Jones was UD's top scorer with 17 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists, and a steal in his unofficial Flyer debut. Sophomore Amaël L'Etang also reached double digits, scoring 10 points and leading the team with seven rebounds on top of a team-leading five assists on the day. Sophomore Bryce Heard had a strong second half, scoring eight of his 10 points in the second stanza of the game.
 
UD outscored Penn State 42-30 in the paint and shot 48.4% from the floor compared to 39% for the Nittany Lions. The Flyers forced 14 turnovers, had 14 assists, and swiped nine steals.
 
GAME RECAP
First Half – Dayton 34, Penn State 29
  • Keonte Jones put the Flyers on the board first with a layup and a drawn and one.
  • Senior Jacob Conner hit a corner three just two minutes later to keep the early momentum rolling.
  • Jones found the assist from L'Etang and dunked, making the score Dayton 9, Penn State 3.
  • Javon Bennett nailed a three at 13:47, giving Dayton a 16-9 advantage.
  • Moments later, Bryce Heard hit a turnaround jump shot to widen the lead.
  • Jones battled under the basket for his eighth point with 9:00 on the clock in the first half.
  • Bennett capitalized off of a turnover, turning around to sink another three, giving the Flyers a ten point lead.
  • L'Etang made another basket, finishing off a rebound in the bottom of the first half, making the score Dayton 27, Penn State 20.
  • Sophomore Adam Njie Jr. contributed to scoring with a made jumper with less than 5:00 remaining in the first half.
  • Jones put the Flyers ahead 32-26 with an and-one in the closing minutes of the half.
  • Jones made two more free throws in the final two minutes of the half to close out the scoring for UD
 
Second Half – Dayton 78, Penn State 62
  • Jones began the half with authority, throwing down a dunk only 13 seconds into the second half.
  • Junior De'Shayne Mongomery followed suit with a made layup off of a turnover.
  • Montogomery then pulled down a long pass and put in another layup, widening the gap to a 42-29 UD advantage.
  • Montgomery made the crowd roar with a one-handed slam for his sixth point in five minutes.
  • Bennett drained a three-point shot with composure, pushing the Dayton lead to 51-34.
  • Redshirt Freshman Malcolm Thomas electrified the crowd with an and-one dunk, making the free throw for the old-fashioned three-point play.
  • Another Thomas slam at the 11:43 mark gave the Flyers a 20-point advantage at 56-36.
  • An and-one by Heard brought him to eight points and made the score Dayton 63, Penn State 38. 
  • Redshirt Sophomore Jaiun Simon made a second-chance layup to give Dayton its biggest lead of the game of 27 at 67-40.
  • Jones battled in the paint for his 17th point in his unofficial debut as a Flyer.
  • Thomas was good for a corner three-pointer with 4:05 remaining in the game for his eight point of the contest.
  • Friery sunk a three-pointer to give the Flyers a 16-point lead with under a minute left in the second half. 
  • Heard put the nail in the coffin, scoring the final point for the Flyers, chalking up a final score of Dayton 78, Penn State 62
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • 48.4 – shooting percentage for Dayton in the contest.
  • 27 - Largest Flyer lead in the contest
  • 17 - Points for Keonte Jones, leading all scorers
  • 14 – turnovers forced by Dayton
  • 14 – assists for the Flyers on 30 made baskets
  • 10 - Points for Amaël L'Etang
  • 10 – Points scored by Bryce Heard on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor
  • 10 – Flyers that reached the scoring column in the exhibition
  • 7 - Rebounds for L'Etang, leading all players
 
UP NEXT
The Flyers return to the Epicenter of College Basketball, UD Arena, to take on Bowling Green in its second exhibition of the preseason. The Flyers and Falcons play Monday, Oct. 27 with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
 
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