11/24/2022
Thursday’s Game Tips At 4 P.M. ET
GAME NOTES
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PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team will take on North Carolina State on Thanksgiving afternoon at the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis, Thursday’s game time is 4:00 p.m. ET.
Dayton;s defense was good enough to win in the tournament’s first round against Wisconsin, but the Flyer comeback from being 10 points down in the second half fell short, as the Flyers fell 43-42. Kobe Elvis was the game’s high scorer with 16 points (14 in the second half). Toumani Camara grabbed double-digit rebounds for the fourth time in five games with 11.
The Flyers are the preseason favorite in the Atlantic 10. Dayton returns all five starters from a team that finished 24-11, and tied for second in the A-10 with a 14-4 record.
Thursday’s game will be carried by WHIO Radio and televised on ESPN News. Streaming audio, video and live stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
#TRENDING
• Toumani Camara has been a beast on the boards in 2022-23. His 12.0 rebounds a game is third in the nation and leads the Atlantic 10. He has rebounded double-digits in the four games he has started and finished, including a college career-high (Dayton and Georgia) 18 rebounds vs. SMU. He had six in 12 minutes before being injured and not returning at UNLV.
• Camara has also stepped up his already strong defensive game. He leads UD in steals (7) and is second in blocked shots (5). He guarded all five positions at different points vs. SMU.
• Camara is this season’s team captain.
• Anthony Grant is two wins away from being the 13th active African-American D-I coach to reach 300 wins. The others are Tommy Amaker, Mike Anderson, Rod Barnes, Ed Cooley, Mike Davis, Leonard Hamilton, Ron Hunter, James Jones, Ritchie McKay, Lorenzo Romar and Kelvin Sampson.
• DaRon Holmes II (first team), Toumani Camara (second team) and Malachi Smith (second team) were all named Preseason All-Atlantic 10 in a vote of the coaches and selected media this year. Holmes and Smith were also on the Preseason All-Defensive Team.
•.Holmes has been named to a pair of prestigious watch lists — the L.A. Athletic Club’s John Wooden Player of the Year, and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone Award.
• Holmes leads UD in scoring (12.4), is second in rebounding (5.6) and assists (2.4) and third in steals (4). He also has 12 blocked shots in the five games.
• Smith made his season debut last Saturday after missing several weeks with an ankle injury. The Flyer point guard started and played 21 minutes (five points, three assists, three steals).
• Mustapha Amzil has come off the bench in all five games this season, and reached double figures in all three wins. His 11.6 ppg. scoring average is third on the team.
• Dayton’s four A-10 regular season losses last year included three by a total of four points.
UP NEXT
• The Battle 4 Atlantis concludes Friday with UD playing either BYU or Butler.
• Dayton is back home on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. against Western Michigan.
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