By Chris Coopersmith
1 16 2024
GAME NOTES
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DAYTON — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team, ranked 21st in the AP poll, returns home for two games at UD Arena this week, first on Tuesday vs. Saint Louis. Game time is 8 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, televised on CBS Sports Network and streamed on the CBS Sports App. Streaming audio, video and live stats are available at DaytonFlyers.com.
Dayton, 13-2 overall, improved to 3-0 in the Atlantic 10 and won its 10th straight game Friday at Duquesne 72-62. DaRon Holmes II had his third double-double in the last seven games with 33 points and 12 rebounds. Five other Flyers scored at least six points — nine each by Nate Santos and Javon Bennett, eight by Enoch Cheeks and six by both Koby Brea and Isaac Jack.
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• Dayton was the preseason favorite in the Atlantic 10 in the annual vote of the league’s coaches and selected media. The Flyers received 20 of the 25 first-place votes cast.
• UD’s 10-game win streak is its longest since 20 in 2019-20. It is currently the fourth-longest.
• DaRon Holmes II was named Preseason First Team All-Atlantic 10 and to the Preseason All-Defensive Team. He was the only player on the first team and the defensive team.
• Holmes was on three prestigious preseason watch lists — Atlanta Tip-Off Club’s Naismith Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone Award.
• Holmes leads the A-10 in scoring (18.7) and UD in rebounding (7.3). He is the only player in the league’s Top 10 in scoring, rebounding, FG%, 3-pt. FG% and blocked shots.
• Holmes is now the Dayton career record holder for blocked shots (178) and dunks (205).
• He is the only player in D-I who has more than 30 blocks, 30 dunks and 30 assists (as of 1/14). Holmes has 31, 34 and 38 respectively. (Note: Zach Edey has 30 assists.) Holmes also has 16 threes and is shooting .444 from deep.
• Holmes was named the National Player of the Week by NCAA March Madness after a 33-point, 12-rebounds game at Duquesne, and has been A-10 Player of the Week twice.
• Nate Santos was named to the Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team. UD finished second in Charleston. He was also named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 20.
• Santos needed 10 games to match what he scored in two years at Pitt (116 points in 54 G).
• Koby Brea is third nationally in 3-pt. FG% (min. 2.5/game.). Brea is shooting .483 (43-89).
• As a team, Dayton is fifth in D-I in 3-pt. FG% (.403, 144-357). The school record is .392.
• Brea is fourth at UD in career 3-pt. FG% (.413, 167-404). Negele Knight is third (.425).
• Kobe Elvis was named the A-10 Co-Player of the Week after scoring 27 points in the UC win. He was 14-for-14 from the line in that game, the third-best single-game performance at UD.
• Elvis missed his first free throw of the season, and has made the 35 since, one off the UD record held by Damon Goodwin and Darrell Davis. Elvis is three FTM short of being ranked.
• Malachi Smith was injured seven minutes into the opener, and after successful surgery on a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee on Nov. 8, he will miss the rest of the 2023-24 season.
UP NEXT
• UD hosts Rhode Island on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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