18 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2019-20 Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 CBB Television Market MEN’S BASKETBALL 20 NBA Players GAME NOTES Back-to-back A-10 Champions ‘16,’17 More Than 1,600 Victories DAYTON VS. RHODE ISLAND 24 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio February, 8, 2020 2019-20 W-L (21-2) PROBABLE DAYTON STARTERS H (13-0), A (5-0), N (3-2) Nov. 2 Cedarville (ex.) W, 93-60 2019-20: 8.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.6 apg Nov. 9 Indiana State W, 86-81 0 • Scored 12 points (3-5 3-pt.) in his UD debut in the Indiana State win Nov. 16 Charleston Southern# W, 90-61 RODNEY • Stepped up with 17 points (7-11 FG) and six assists vs. Grambling Nov. 19 Omaha W, 93-68 CHATMAN • Had 10 points, four assists and two steals in the Fordham win Maui Invitational -- Lahaina Civic Center G • R-Jr. • 6-1 • 178 • Sat out 2018-19 as a NCAA four-year school transfer Nov. 25 Georgia W, 80-61 Lithonia, GA • Averaged 13.3 ppg, 4.5 apg and 4.1 rpg in 29 starts as a soph at UTC Nov. 26 Virginia Tech W, 89-62 • His dad, Rodney, played for George Raveling at USC from 1990-93 Nov. 27 Kansas L, 90-84 OT Dec. 3 Houston Baptist W, 99-68 2019-20: 19.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg, .628 FG% Air Force Reserve Jerry Colangelo Classic • On Wooden, Naismith, Olson, Robertson, NABC & Malone Watch Lists Dec. 8 Saint Mary’s W, 78-68 1 • Jay Bilas named Obi his #1 Breakout Candidate in preseason Dec. 14 Drake W, 78-47 OBI Dec. 17 North Texas W, 71-58 TOPPIN • Sporting News Mid-Season First Team All-American Chicago Legends -- United Center F • R- So. • 6-9 • 220 • Maui All-Tournament team; (22.3 ppg., 7.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg.) Dec. 21 Colorado L, 78-76 OT Brooklyn, N.Y. • Had 31 points, and a UD-record 10 dunks in the North Florida win Dec., 23 Grambling W, 81-53 • A-10 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Atlantic 10 in 2018-19 Dec., 30 North Florida W, 77-59 Jan. 2 at La Salle* W, 84-58 2019-20: 11.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, .610 FG% Jan. 5 at Saint Joseph’s* W, 80-67 • Scored 18 points (6-8 FG) with eight rebounds in the Fordham win Jan. 11 Massachusetts* W, 88-60 3 • Had 14 points (12 in the second half) at Saint Louis Jan. 14 VCU* W, 79-65 TREY • Has 210 points, 111 rebounds & 50 assists in last 17 games Jan. 17 at Saint Louis* W, 78-76 OT LANDERS • Played in 32 games with 22 starts in 2018-19 Jan. 22 St. Bonaventure* W, 86-80 G • Sr. • 6-5 • 221 • Led team in rebounding (6.7) and was third in assists (63) Jan. 25 at Richmond* W, 87-79 Dayton, Ohio • His brother Robert was a starting defensive tackle at Ohio State Jan. 29 at Duquesne* W, 73-69 Feb. 1 Fordham* W, 70-56 2019-20: 14.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 5.3 apg Feb. 8 Saint Louis* W, 71-65 • Colangelo MVP with 21 points (5-8 3-pt.) and 6 assists vs. SMC Feb. 11 Rhode Island* 7:30 p.m. 10 • Scored UD’s last seven points in OT (21 for the game) at SLU Feb. 15 at Massachusetts* 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at VCU* 8:30 p.m. JALEN • Scored seven straight 2nd half points (17 for game) vs. SLU at home Feb. 22 Duquesne* 2 p.m. CRUTCHER • Seth Davis named him college basketball’s “Best Supporting Actor” Feb. 25 at George Mason* 7 p.m. G • Jr. • 6-1 • 175 • Preseason First Team All-Atlantic 10 Feb. 28 Davidson* 7 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. • Dayton’s 2018-19 White Allen MVP March 4 At Rhode Island* 9 p.m. March 7 George Washington* 7 p.m. UD Arena 2019-20: 9.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.9 apg. Mar. 11-15 Atlantic 10 Championship TBA • Had team-high 19 points, five rebounds and four assists vs. Kansas 33 • Had 11 points with team-high eight rebounds in the home SLU win * - Atlantic 10 Conference game RYAN • 2018-19 Academic All-Atlantic 10; Mechanical Engineering Major #Maui On The Mainland game MIKESELL • Earned his undergraduate degree last May All home games in bold. F • Gr. • 6-7 • 217 • Missed all of 2017-18 rehabbing from surgery on both hips The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn St. Henry, Ohio • Returned in 2018-19 to be top four on team in seven stat categories Court at the University of Dayton Arena. All times Eastern & subject to change. (ex) - Exhibition game ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON RHODE ISLAND Brooks Hall, analyst Record in 2019-20 Head Coach Record in 2019-20 Head Coach 21-2 Anthony Grant 18-5 David Cox Television • CBS Sports Network Tom McCarthy, play-by-play A-10 Record Career Record A-10 Record Career Record Bob Wenzel, analyst 10-0 249-141 10-1 36-20 Dayton Record URI Record Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio 56 -31 36-20 DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Won 71-65 Won 82-51 @DaytonMBB vs. Saint Louis at George Washington 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 2019-20 ROSTER University of Dayton o. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 0 Rodney Chatman RS Jr. G 6-1 178 Lithonia, Ga. / Lithonia Location - Dayton, Ohio 1 Obi Toppin RS So. F 6-9 220 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Mt. Zion Prep Founded - 1850 Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,441 2 Ibi Watson RS Jr. G 6-5 203 Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington Central Nickname - Flyers 3 Trey Landers Sr. G 6-5 221 Dayton, Ohio / Wayne Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 655) 4 Jared Becker Fr. G 6-4 180 Milford, Ohio / Moeller Affiliation - NCAA Division I 10 Jalen Crutcher Jr. G 6-1 175 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway Conference - Atlantic 10 11 Sean Loughran Fr. G 6-3 200 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mount Lebanon President - Dr. Eric Spina 14 Moulaye Sissoko Fr. C 6-9 248 Bamako, Mali / Lincoln Academy (GA.) VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 31 Jhery Matos RS Jr. G 6-5 196 Santo Domingo, D.R. / West Oaks Academy 115th Season: 1903 - Present 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Jr. C 6-11 268 Montreal, Quebec / Macduffie School Overall Record: 1,668-1,115 (.599) 33 Ryan Mikesell Gr. F 6-7 217 St. Henry, Ohio /St. Henry Atlantic 10 Record: 240-162 (.597) 35 Dwayne Cohill So. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 40 Chase Johnson RS So. F 6-9 219 Ripley, W. Va. / Huntington Prep NIT Record - 40-23 51 Drew Swerlein RS Fr. G 6-0 175 Perrysburg, Ohio / St. Francis De Sales 52 Camron Greer Jr. G 5-7 160 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 53 Christian Wilson RS So. G 6-1 160 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, -- Zimi Nwokeji Fr. F 6-7 227 Quincy, Fla. / SPIRE Academy 2016, 2017 Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) Thrid Season at UD - 56-31; 12th overall as head coach - 249-141 Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Third Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. Darren Hertz - Assistant to the Head Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Andy Farrell - Director of Scouting and Program Development (Sixth Season at Dayton) Ryan Mikesell 110 78 53 Casey Cathrall, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (Second Season at Dayton) Trey Landers 94 73 22 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Sixth Season at UD) Jalen Crutcher 86 77 11 Obi Toppin 56 38 34 Dwayne Cohill 55 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Jhery Matos 26 0 0 Cohill -- COE-hill / Crutcher -- CRUTCH-er / Jhery Matos -- Jerry MAH- toas / Mikesell - MIKE-sell / Obi Toppin -- OH-bee Rodney Chatman 23 23 23 Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie Sis-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes with “Bibby” Ibi Watson 23 1 0 Swerlein -- SWER-line / Loughran -- LOCK-run / Zimi Nwokeji -- ZIMM-ee Wo-CAGE-ee Camron Greer 21 0 0 Jordy Tshimanga 19 0 0 Christian Wilson 14 0 0 DAYTON CLOSES OUT HOMESTAND WITH RHODE ISLAND Chase Johnson 8 1 0 Jared Becker 5 0 0 The University of Dayton Flyers close their three-game homestand Tuesday when the Rhode Drew Swerlein 4 0 0 Island Rams visit Tom Blackburn Court. Game time at UD Arena is 7:30 p.m. ET. Sean Loughran 2 0 0 Moulaye Sissoko Redshirting 2019-20 Zimi Nwokeji Redshirting 2019-20 Dayton is 21-2, with both losses in OT to Top 20-caliber teams -- Kansas in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational finals and Colorado in a buzzer-beater at the Chicago Legends. The Flyers are DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES sixth in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls. UD is 10-0 and in first place in the A-10 Career ‘19-20 Cons. after Saturday’s 71-65 win over Saint Louis. Rhode Island is in second place with a 10-1 mark.