Slow start to game costs Dayton Flyers Men’s Basketball in loss At George Washington 76-69

Flyers Cut 14-Point Halftime Lead To Six With The Ball, But Can Get No Closer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The University of Dayton men’s basketball team lost Saturday at George Washington 76-69.

Three Flyers scored in double figures for UD – Toumani Camara had 16, DaRon Holmes II had 14 with 10 rebounds and Malachi Smith had 12 off the bench.

Dayton is now 13-7 in on the year, and 5-2 in the Atlantic 10. GW is 10-9 and- 4-2 in the A-10.

First Half – George Washington 36, Dayton 22

Freshmen scored the first seven points of the game.
GW’s Maximus Edwards scored first on a blow-by dunk, Mike Sharavjamts answered wit a medium-range jumper, and then Edwards hit a three to give George Washington the lead for good.
A pair of free throws by DaRon Holmes II made it a two-point game (14-12) with 11:29 to go in the half, but the Colonials went on a 10-0 run over the next four-and-a-half minutes.
UD scored five unanswered points, and then GW out-scored the Flyers 12-5 in the final 4:33 of the half.
Dayton shot just 27% (8-30) In the half.

Second half – George Washington 76, Dayton 69

UD scored the first two buckets of the second half on a three by Sharavjamts and a layup by Toumani Camara to begin the comeback attempt.
The Flyers worked the margin back to six (43-37 with 12:44 left, and was able to take a three-point attempt that would have cut that deficit in half.
But it was short and GW scored the next six points to make it at least a three possession game the rest of the way.
The Colonials scored half of their 40 second-half points at the line.

BY THE NUMBERS

Toumani Camara led UD with 16 points, followed by DaRon Holmes II with 14 and Malachi Smith with 12.
Each of them scored 10 points in the second half.
GW’s James Bishop led all scorers with 27 points.
Holmes’ 10 rebounds gave him his eighth double of the year.
Smith led UD in assists with three.
Kobe Elvis had two steals, and also scored eight second-half points in his first game back after missing 12 games.
Koby Brea had a career-best two blocks.

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