DAYTON  – The University of Dayton men's basketball team controlled the tempo throughout the game in a 91-82 win over Bethune-Cookman University Saturday night at UD Arena. 

The Flyers (3-1) earned their third home victory while Wildcats (1-3) showed fight in a tough road environment. 

Senior Javon Bennett was 7-of-7 from the charity stripe while he and teammate De'Shayne Montgomery had four made threes each to lead the way. 

Dayton sunk 17 more free throws than Bethune-Cookman, going 26-of-32 from the line while the Wildcats were 9-of-15. 

GAME RECAP

First Half – Dayton 45, Bethune-Cookman 39

• Despite an early lead by Dayton, Bethune-Cookman took a 5-2 advantage before a deep three by sophomore Amael L'Etang tied it up before the first media timeout. 

• Senior Javon Bennett recorded a steal in the back-court and found junior De'Shayne Montgomery for the bucket and the foul to put UD up 12-9 by the 14:06 mark. 

• The Wildcats answered and came back to pull ahead 18-16 at the midway point in the opening half. 

• At the 5:57 mark, Bennett hit his second straight three to cap off a 14-2 run by the Flyers that gave them a 34-26 lead. Bennett became the first player in double-figures as well. 

• WIth 1:26 to go in the half, Bennett called his own number once again and drilled his fourth three to add to Dayton's margin, 45-35.

• The Flyers shot 48 percent in the opening half while the Wildcats matched them with 47 percent overall. 

• The difference in the opening 20 minutes was Dayton went 8-of-12 from three and 9-of-12 from the free throw line. 

• There were eight lead changes in the first half with the Flyers leading for 11:09 and by as much as 10. 

Second Half – Dayton 91, Bethune-Cookman 82

• The Flyers went inside the paint to start the second half as L'Etang scored on the opening possession. 

• The Wildcats countered with a couple of tough buckets to close the gap to six at 51-45. 

• Just after the 15:00 mark, Montgomery converted his third three to make it 56-47 in favor of Dayton. He hit another one the next time down the court to give him 14 points in the effort.

• UD continued to build its lead and found itself with a 64-52 advantage going into the 12:00 media timeout.

• Neither team was able to make a field goal for a nearly three-minute stretch with the defenses starting to settle in. 

• L'Etang nailed his second three to give Dayton its biggest lead of the game at 13 points with 9:26 to play. 

• Bethune-Cookman came alive and narrowed the margin to six, 74-68, with just over six to go in the contest, despite Dayton going on a 4-for-4 stretch. 

• The Flyers were able to lean on the free throw line to slow things down and extend their lead once again as senior Jordan Derkack knocked down a pair with 3:51 to go to get the advantage back to a dozen. 

• UD proved to be too much down the stretch for BC and held off the late rally by the Wildcats. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 16 - De'Shayne Montgomery scored a season-high 

• 18 and 10 - Amael L'Etang recorded his second double-double with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds. 

• All 5 - All five starters for Dayton scored in double digits. 

• 1st - Jordan Dercack made his first start as a Flyer, but 63rd career start overall. 

• 80th - UD Arena had its 80th sellout in a row. 

• 29th - The Flyers have won 29 straight non-conference home games. 

UP NEXT

Dayton heads back out on the road to take on Marquette on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET.