By Chris Coopersmith
1 30 2024
GAME NOTES
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DAYTON — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team, ranked 16th/17th in last week’s AP and Coaches polls, is home for a pair of games this week, beginning with George Washington on Tuesday. Game time is 7:00 p.m. ET. Dayton is 16-3 overall and 6-1 in the Atlantic 10.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, televised by Spectrum News 1 and streamed on ESPN+. Streaming audio, video and live stats are available at DaytonFlyers.com.
Dayton had its 13-game winning streak snapped in a 69-64 loss at Richmond on Saturday. Javon Bennett led all scorers in the game with 18 points (16 in the second half). Kobe Elvis scored 11 points (with four assists) and Koby Brea added 10. Enoch Cheeks had 12 rebounds.
#TRENDING
• 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 13-game win streak was its longest since 20 in 2019-20.
• 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 (19.1) and UD in rebounding (7.6). He is the only player in the league’s Top 12 in scoring, rebounding, FG%, 3-pt. FG% and blocked shots.
• Holmes is now the Dayton career record holder for blocked shots (189) and dunks (214).
• He is the only player in D-I who has more than 40 blocks, 40 dunks and 40 assists. Holmes has 42, 43 and 48 respectively. Holmes also has 21 threes and is shooting .396 (21-53) from deep. He had a total of seven made threes in his first two seasons at UD.
• 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 three times.
• 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 second in the D-I in 3-pt. FG% (min. 2.5/game.). Brea is shooting .482 (53-110).
• As a team, Dayton is 10th in D-I in 3-pt. FG% (.394, 183-464). The school record is .392.
• Brea is fourth at UD in career 3-pt. FG% (.416, 177-425). 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 made his next 37, breaking old the UD record held by Damon Goodwin and Darrell Davis. Elvis is four FTM short of being ranked.
• Malachi Smith was injured seven minutes into the opener, and after successful surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee, is out for the rest of the year.
UP NEXT
• Dayton remains home to play St. Bonaventure on Friday, Feb. 2.
• Game time is 7 p.m. ET.
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