17 Dayton Vs. Vcu 2020-21 W-L (11-5)
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Finished 3rd in nation in 2019-20 2020-21 Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 CBB Television Market MEN’S BASKETBALL 23 NBA Players GAME NOTES Back-to-back A-10 Champions ‘16,’17 Undefeated 2019--20 A-10 Champs DAYTON VS. VCU 17 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio February 9, 2021 2020-21 W-L (11-5) DAYTON PROBABLE STARTERS (Based on previous game) H (7-2), A (3-3), N (1-0), A-10 (7-4) 2020-21: 15.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, .820 FT% Dec. 1 Eastern Illinois W, 66-63 2 • Scored 20 points, five rebounds and three assists in the 2nd GMU win Dec. 5 SMU L, 66-64 IBI • Had 18 points (12 in the second half) in the win at Saint Louis Dec. 8 Northern Kentucky W, 66-60 WATSON • Played in all 31 games with one start last season, averaging 10.1 ppg. G • R-Sr. • 6-5 • 195 • Scored 30 (8-12 FG, 4-5 3-pt., 10-10 FT vs. Granbling) in that start Holiday Hoopsgiving -- State Farm Arena Pickerington, Ohio • Saw action in 35 games over two seasons at Michigan before transfer Dec. 12 Mississippi State W, 85-82 2 OT • Michigan reached the NCAA title game his sophomore year Dec. 19 Ole MIss W, 65-62 2020-21: 19.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 4.6 apg • Anthony Grant’s first recruit to Dayton; In his fourth year as a starter Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule 10 JALEN • Scored 29 poiints at Davidson; Had 27 in SLU win (14 in last 4 min) Dec. 30 La Salle* L, 67-65 CRUTCHER • Stadium Second Team Preseason All-American, Naismith, Wooden, Jan. 2 George Mason* W, 74-65 G • Sr. • 6-1 • 175 Olson & NABC National Player of Year & Cousy Preseason Watch Lists Jan. 5 at Fordham* L, 55-54 Memphis, Tenn. • ESPN ranked him the No. 6 player in college basketball, CBSSports. Jan. 8 at Davidson* W, 89-78 OT com rated him 16th and The Athletic rated him the sixth-best guard Jan. 13 Duquesne* W, 72-63 Jan 17 at George Washington* W, 67-54 2020-21: 6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.5 apg Jan. 20 George Washington* Postponed • Transfer from USC, ruled eligible two hours before Ole Miss game Jan. 23 at VCU* L, 66-43 11 • Made first Flyer start at Davidson with 11 points and seven assists Jan. 26 at Saint Louis* W, 76-71 ELIJAH • Had 13 points (5-7 FG, 3-3 3-pt.) and six boards in the 2nd GMU win Jan. 30 Rhode Island* W, 67-56 WEAVER • Played in 59 games with 19 starts while at USC Feb. 2 at Duquesne* L, 69-64 G • Jr. • 6-6 • 205 • Averaged 23.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 4.3 steals a game Feb. 5 Richmond* Postponed Cocoa, Fla. and was named the Florida 6A Player of the Year as a senior Feb. 5 George Mason* W, 74-65 Feb. 9 at Massachusetts* Postponed 2020-21: 10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, .750 FT% Feb. 9 VCU* 5 p.m. • Scored 22 points in 36 minutes in his first game in a Dayton uniform Feb. 13 Saint Joseph’s* 2 p.m. 30 • Only two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week this season Feb. 16 at Rhode Island* 7 p.m. Feb. 19 Saint Louis* 7 p.m. MUSTAPHA • Signed in November and started in December with just four practices Feb. 28 at St. Bonaventure* TBA AMZIL • Played 86 international games for the Finnish Junior National Team March 3 VCU* TBA F • Fr. • 6-10 • 220 • Team captain for team that represented Finland at the 2019 European Helsinki, Finland championships; Averaged 12.4 points and 7.3 rebounds in seven games A-10 Men’s BB Championship -- Richmond, Va. Mar.10-14 TBA 2020-21: 6.4 ppg, 7.9 rpg, .594 FG% * - Atlantic 10 Conference game • Had 11 points and 8 rebounds in the win over Rhode Island All home games in bold. 32 • Scored 10 points (5-6 FG) at VCU; Had 10 rebounds at Saint Louis The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn JORDY • Had 16 rebounds and was five-of-six from the line at Fordham Court at the University of Dayton Arena. TSHIMANGA • Missed six weeks of 2019-20 fall practice with a knee injury, but still All times Eastern & subject to change. C • Gr. • 6-11 • 278 saw action in 27 games, averaging 9.8 minutes, 3.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg (ex) - Exhibition game Montreal, Qubec • Had 27 starts in two seasons at Nebraska, including 18 in 2017-18 ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON VCU Brooks Hall, analyst Record in 2020-21 Head Coach Record in 2020-21 Head Coach 11-5 Anthony Grant 13-4 Mike Rhoades Television • Rich Walz, play-by-play Dan Dickau, analyst A-10 Record Career Record A-10 Record Career Record 7-4 268-146 6-2 318-168 Dayton Record VCU Record 75-36 74-40 Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Won 74-65 Won 63-62 @DaytonMBB vs. George Mason at Rhode Island Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell/Text: (937) 272-4503 Secondary Contact: Krystal Warren • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4460 • Cell/Text: (937) 269-5665 ABOUT THE FLYERS 2020-21 ROSTER University of Dayton No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 0 Rodney Chatman RS Sr. G 6-1 180 Lithonia, Ga. / Lithonia Location - Dayton, Ohio 2 Ibi Watson RS Sr. G 6-5 195 Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington Central Founded - 1850 Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,441 3 Luke Frazier Fr. G 6-5 170 Mentor, Ohio / Lake Catholic Nickname - Flyers 4 Koby Brea Fr. G 6-6 174 Washington Heights, N. Y. / Monsignor Scanlan Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 655) 10 Jalen Crutcher Sr. G 6-1 175 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway Affiliation - NCAA Division I 11 Elijah Weaver Jr. G 6-6 205 Cocoa, Fla. / Rockledge Conference - Atlantic 10 12 Zimi Nwokeji RS Fr. F 6-7 220 Quincy, Fla. /Spire Academy President - Dr. Eric Spina 14 Moulaye Sissoko RS Fr. C 6-9 250 Bamako, Mali / Lincoln Academy (Ga.) VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 23 R.J. Blakney Fr. F/G 6-6 195 Hagerstown, Md. / Loomis Chaffee School 115th Season: 1903 - Present 30 Mustapha Amzil Fr. F 6-10 220 Helsinki, Finland / HBA-Marsky Overall Record: 1,687-1,120 (.601) 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Sr. C 6-11 278 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffie School Atlantic 10 Record: 255-166 (.606) 35 Dwayne Cohill Jr. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 51 Drew Swerlein RS So.G 6-0 175 Perrysburg, Ohio / St. Francis de Sales NIT Record - 40-23 52 Camron Greer Sr. G 5-8 165 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central 53 Christian Wilson RS Jr. G 6-1 170 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, -Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, Fourth Season at UD - 75-55; 13th overall as head coach - 268-146 2016, 2017 Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Fifth Season at Dayton) Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Darren Hertz - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Andy Farrell - Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Eighth Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. Brett Comer - Director of Player Development (Fourth Season at Dayton) James Haring - Director of Basketball Operations (Second Season at Dayton) Jalen Crutcher 110 101 35 Casey Cathrall, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Dwayne Cohill 63 0 0 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Eighth Season at UD) Ibi Watson 47 17 16 Jordy Tshimanga 43 16 16 Rodney Chatman 37 37 0 Camron Greer 23 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Christian Wilson 21 0 0 Mustapha Amzil – MOOSE-tuh-fah Ahm-SEEL /R.J. Blakney – BLAIK-nee / Koby Brea – BRAY-ah / Zimi Nwokeji – ZIMM-ee Moulaye Sissoko 14 0 0 Whoa-KAY-gee / Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie See-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes w/ “Bibby Zimi Nwokeji 14 0 0 Chase Johnson 13 6 0 DAYTON TO PLAY SECOND STRAIGHT REPLACEMENT FOE IN VCU Mutapha Amzil 11 11 11 Koby Brea 10 2 0 The University of Dayton Flyers will return to Blackburn Court on Tuesday, when VCU visits R.J. Blakney 10 0 0 UD Arena. Game time is 7 p.m. ET. It will be UD’s second straight game with a “surprise” Elijah Weaver 10 8 8 opponent for the Flyers, due to regularly scheduled opponents being subject to Covid protocols. Drew Swerlein 4 0 0 Luke Frazier 1 0 0 Dayton is 11-5, and 7-4 in the Atlantic 10 after Friday’s 74-65 win over George Mason. UD’s starting backcourt of Jalen Crutcher (21), Ibi Watson (20) and Elijah Weaver (13) combined for 54 of the 74 points. Mustapha Amzil had 10 points, while Jordy Tshimanga had 14 rebounds. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Career ‘20-21 Cons. The game will carried by WHIO Radio, televised by the CBS Sports Network and streamed on Jalen Crutcher 78 15 4 the CBS Sports App. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com. Ibi Watson 26 12 1 Rodney Chatman 12 2 0 Mustapha Amzil 9 9 3 #TRENDING Chase Johnson 5 4 0 • UD made a small bit of history on Friday, defeating an opponent twice in the same season by Jordy Tshimanga 3 3 0 the same score (74-65 over George Mason on Jan.