Finished 3rd in nation in 2019-20 2020-21 Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 CBB Television Market MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 NBA Players GAME NOTES Back-to-back A-10 Champions ‘16,’17 Undefeated 2019--20 A-10 Champs DAYTON VS. SMU 2 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio December 5, 2020 2020-21 W-L (1-0) DAYTON PROBABLE STARTERS H (1-0), A (0-0), N (0-0), A-10 (0-0) 2020-21: 9.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 4.0 spg Dec. 1 Eastern Illinois W, 66-63 0 • Had nine points, four assists and a career-high four steals vs. EIU Dec. 5 SMU 2 p.m. RODNEY • A tremendous disruptor on defense (Held Anthony Edwards to 6 pts) Dec. 8 TBA 7 p.m. CHATMAN • Gives UD the luxury of two point guards on the floor G • R-Sr. • 6-1 • 178 • Sat out 2018-19 as a NCAA four-year school transfer Holiday Hoopsgiving -- State Farm Arena Lithonia, Ga. • Averaged 13.3 ppg, 4.5 apg and 4.1 rpg in 29 starts as a soph at UTC Dec. 12 Mississippi State 12 Noon • His dad, Rodney, played for George Raveling at USC from 1990-93 Dec. 19 Ole MIss 2:30 p.m. 2020-21: 16.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, .545 FG% • Opened the season with a game-high 16 points in the EIU win Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule 2 IBI • Played in all 31 games with one start last season, averaging 10.1 ppg. Dec. 30 La Salle* TBA WATSON • Scored 30 (8-12 FG, 4-5 3-pt., 10-10 FT vs. Granbling) in that start Jan. 2 George Mason* 4:30 p.m. G • R-Sr. • 6-5 • 195 • Saw action in 35 games over two seasons at Michigan before transfer Jan. 5 at Fordham* TBA Pickerington, Ohio • Michigan reached the NCAA title game his sophomore year Jan. 8 at Davidson* TBA • Four-time All-Ohio in high school (First Team D-I as a senior) Jan. 13 Duquesne* TBA Jan 17 at George Washington* 2:30 p.m. 2020-21: 13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 6.0 apg Jan. 20 George Washington* TBA • Anthony Grant’s first recruit to Dayton; In his fourth year as a starter Jan. 23 at VCU* TBA 10 • Stadium Second Team Preseason All-American, Naismith, Wooden Jan. 26 at Saint Louis* TBA JALEN and NABC National Player of the Year & Cousy Watch Lists Jan. 30 Rhode Island* TBA CRUTCHER • ESPN ranks him the No. 6 player in college basketball, CBSSports. Feb. 2 at Duquesne* TBA G • Sr. • 6-1 • 175 com rates him 16th and The Athletic rates him the sixth-best guard Feb. 5 Richmond* TBA Memphis, Tenn. • First Team All-Atlantic 10 in 2019-20, Preseason in 2020-21 Feb. 9 at Massachusetts* TBA Feb. 13 Saint Joseph’s* TBA 2020-21: 10.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.000 FT% Feb. 16 at Rhode Island* TBA • Had 10 points and eight rebounds vs. EIU in his first start at Dayton Feb. 19 Saint Louis* TBA 32 • Missed six weeks of 2019-20 fall practice with an injury, but still saw Feb. 28 at St. Bonaventure* TBA March 3 VCU* TBA JORDY action in 27 games, averaging 9.8 minutes, 3.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg TSHIMANG • Had 27 starts in two seasons at Nebraska, including 18 in 2017-18 A-10 Men’s BB Championship -- Barclays Center C • Gr. • 6-11 • 278 • Some of his best efforts at Nebraska came against the best teams – 15 Mar.10-14 In Brooklyn TBA Montreal, Qubec points, 9 rebounds vs. Michigan State; 10 rebounds vs. No. 7 Wisconsin * - Atlantic 10 Conference game All home games in bold. 2020-21: 14.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, .833 FG% The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn • Had 14 points and seven rebounds in his return vs. EIU after taking a Court at the University of Dayton Arena. 40 medical leave of absence from UD in the second semester of 2019-20 All times Eastern & subject to change. CHASE • Played in eight games with one start (5.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 11.1 mpg) (ex) - Exhibition game JOHNSON and shot .792 (19-24) from the field last season F • R-Jr. • 6-9 • 226 • Originally signed with Florida, and was a four-star recruit for Ripley, W. Va. Huntington Prep (3.0 ppg., 2.0 rpg. at Florida in 2018-19) ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON SMU Keith Waleskowski, analyst Record in 2020-21 Head Coach Record in 2020-21 Head Coach 1-0 Anthony Grant 3-0 Tim Jankovich Television • Spectrum News 1 Dwight Burgess, play-by-play A-10 Record Career Record AAC Record Career Record Tony White, analyst 0-0 258-141 0-0 250-170 Dayton Record SMU Record 65 -31 93-49 Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Won 66-63 Won 102-75 @DaytonMBB vs. Eastern Illinois vs. Houston Baptist 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 Bronx, 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 12 Zimi Nwokeji RS Fr. F 6-7 220 Quincy, Fla. /Spire Academy Conference - Atlantic 10 14 Moulaye Sissoko RS Fr. C 6-9 250 Bamako, Mali / Lincoln Academy (Ga.) President - Dr. Eric Spina 23 R.J. Blakney Fr. F/G 6-6 195 Hagerstown, Md. / Loomis Chaffee School VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Sr. C 6-11 278 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffie School 115th Season: 1903 - Present 35 Dwayne Cohill Jr. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name Overall Record: 1,677-1,115 (.601) 40 Chase Johnson RS Jr. F 6-9 226 Ripley, W.Va. / Huntingon Prep Atlantic 10 Record: 248-162 (.605) 52 Camron Greer Sr. G 5-8 165 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 53 Christian Wilson RS Jr. G 6-1 170 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont NIT Record - 40-23 -- Elijah Weaver Jr. G 6-6 205 Cocoa, Fla. / Rockledge Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, Fourth Season at UD - 65-31; 13th overall as head coach - 258-141 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Fifth Season at Dayton) 2016, 2017 Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Darren Hertz - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Andy Farrell - Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Eighth Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Brett Comer - Director of Player Development (Fourth Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. James Haring - Director of Basketball Operations (Second Season at Dayton) Casey Cathrall, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Jalen Crutcher 95 86 20 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Eighth Season at UD) Dwayne Cohill 63 0 0 Rodney Chatman 32 32 32 Ibi Watson 32 2 1 Jordy Tshimanga 28 1 1 PRONUNCIATIONS Camron Greer 23 0 0 Christian Wilson 18 0 0 Cohill -- COE-hill / Crutcher -- Crutch-er / Blakney – BLAIK-nee / Brea – BRAY-ah / Zimi Nwokeji – ZIMM-ee Whoa-KAY-gee / Chase Johnson 9 2 1 Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie See-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes with “Bibby” Moulaye Sissoko 1 0 0 Zimi Nwokeji 1 0 0 R.J. Blakney 1 0 0 DAYTON HOSTS TOUGH SMU TEAM SATURDAY AT 2 PM ET Koby Brea 0 0 0 Luke Frazier 0 0 0 The University of Dayton Flyers will take to Tom Blackburn Court for the second time this season on Saturday, Dec. 5, when UD welcomes SMU to the Arena. Game time is 2 p.m. ET. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Career ‘20-21 Cons. Dayton opened the season with a 66-63 win over Eastern Illinois on Tuesday. Ibi Watson Jalen Crutcher 64 1 10 led UD with 16 points, followed by Chase Johnson (14 points), Jalen Crutcher (13), and Jordy Ibi Watson 15 1 1 Tshimanga (10). Rodney Chatman just missed making if five in double digits with nine points Rodney Chatman 10 0 0 and a career-high four steals. Chase Johnson 2 1 1 Jordy Tshimanga 1 1 1 SMU is 3-0 so far in 2020-21, with a 31.3 point average margin of victory. 20-POINT SCORING GAMES The game will carried by WHIO Radio, televised by in the Dayton area by Spectrum News 1 and Career ‘20-21 Cons. streamed on ESPN+. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com. Jalen Crutcher 12 0 0 Ibi Watson 2 0 0 #TRENDING • Moving into a more visibly primary role this year, Jalen Crutcher is getting the kind of DOUBLE-DIGIT REBOUNDING GAMES attention from the media during the preseason that he will no doubt get from opponents during Career ‘20-21 Cons.