Dayton media release...
DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers play Tulsa in the Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase tripleheader at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday. Game time is 3:30 p.m. ET. Dayton is 5-4 this season, with the losses to No. 4 Virginia, Oklahoma, No. 25 Mississippi State and No. 8 Auburn.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, and televised by CBS Sports Network. Streaming audio, streaming video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING
• Redshirt freshman forward Obi Toppin is currently fifth nationally in field goal percentage (.610, 49-69).
• Toppin came off the bench in UD's 98-59 win over Detroit Mercy to set a UD record with eight dunks in the game. Toppin had the second double-double of his career with 22 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes.
• Dayton had a team-record 12 dunks as well, besting the old record by three.
• Jalen Crutcher was Dayton's top performer at the Battle4Atlantis, reaching double figures all three games, and averaging 15.0 points and 5.2 assists per contest. UD was fourth at B4A.
• Crutcher scored 20 in the Butler win, and has 99 points in his last seven games. He scored 18 in the first two games of the season. He has made 23 of 48 3-pt. FG (.479) after missing his first six three-pointers of the season.
• Dayton shot .543 (25-46) in the Virginia game, the highest FG% against UVa. in the last two seasons. That was in the Battle4Atlantis semifinals. Virginia won the tournament.
• After missing the first two games of the year with a hand injury, Josh Cunningham led UD with 20 points (9-10 FG) and eight rebounds in his 2018-19 debut vs, Purdue Fort Wayne.
• Cunningham did not practice for four days (Nov. 24-28) due to food poisoning, but came off the bench for 11 points and five rebounds in 25 minutes vs. No. 25 Mississippi State.
• The three-time captain has reached double figures in six of his seven games this year, including a team-high 40 in three games against ranked teams.
• Cunningham averages 19.3 ppg., and Dayton's five wins, and 11.8 in the four losses.
• Trey Landers leads UD in rebounding (7.4). He is sixth in the A-10, and as a 6-foot-5 guard, is the shortest member of the A-10 Top 10.
UP NEXT
• Dayton returns home for four straight home games, beginning with Western Michigan on Dec. 19. WMU game time is 7 p.m. ET.
• The four games end with UD's Atlantic 10 opener against Richmond on Jan. 6.
DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers play Tulsa in the Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase tripleheader at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday. Game time is 3:30 p.m. ET. Dayton is 5-4 this season, with the losses to No. 4 Virginia, Oklahoma, No. 25 Mississippi State and No. 8 Auburn.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, and televised by CBS Sports Network. Streaming audio, streaming video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING
• Redshirt freshman forward Obi Toppin is currently fifth nationally in field goal percentage (.610, 49-69).
• Toppin came off the bench in UD's 98-59 win over Detroit Mercy to set a UD record with eight dunks in the game. Toppin had the second double-double of his career with 22 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes.
• Dayton had a team-record 12 dunks as well, besting the old record by three.
• Jalen Crutcher was Dayton's top performer at the Battle4Atlantis, reaching double figures all three games, and averaging 15.0 points and 5.2 assists per contest. UD was fourth at B4A.
• Crutcher scored 20 in the Butler win, and has 99 points in his last seven games. He scored 18 in the first two games of the season. He has made 23 of 48 3-pt. FG (.479) after missing his first six three-pointers of the season.
• Dayton shot .543 (25-46) in the Virginia game, the highest FG% against UVa. in the last two seasons. That was in the Battle4Atlantis semifinals. Virginia won the tournament.
• After missing the first two games of the year with a hand injury, Josh Cunningham led UD with 20 points (9-10 FG) and eight rebounds in his 2018-19 debut vs, Purdue Fort Wayne.
• Cunningham did not practice for four days (Nov. 24-28) due to food poisoning, but came off the bench for 11 points and five rebounds in 25 minutes vs. No. 25 Mississippi State.
• The three-time captain has reached double figures in six of his seven games this year, including a team-high 40 in three games against ranked teams.
• Cunningham averages 19.3 ppg., and Dayton's five wins, and 11.8 in the four losses.
• Trey Landers leads UD in rebounding (7.4). He is sixth in the A-10, and as a 6-foot-5 guard, is the shortest member of the A-10 Top 10.
UP NEXT
• Dayton returns home for four straight home games, beginning with Western Michigan on Dec. 19. WMU game time is 7 p.m. ET.
• The four games end with UD's Atlantic 10 opener against Richmond on Jan. 6.
