18 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2018-19 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 14 DAYTON VS. RICHMOND Tom Blackburn Court at UD Arena • Dayton, Ohio January 6, 2019 2018-19 Record (8-5) PROBABLE DAYTON STARTERS H (7-1), A (0-1), N (1-3) DATE OPPONENT TIME 2018-19: 16.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, .654 FG% Nov. 2 Capital - (ex) W, 89-71 0 • 12 points away from 1,000 in college (728 at UD, 260 at Bradley) Nov. 7 North Florida W, 78-70 JOSH • Had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the Ga. Southern win Nov. 10 Coppin State W, 76-46 CUNNINGHAM • Scored 28 points (10-13 FG, 8-8 FT) with 4 assists vs. WMU Nov. 16 Purdue Fort Wayne W,. 91-80 F • R-Sr. • 6-8 • 239 • Selected 2018 Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference First Team Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Chicago, Ill. • Led UD in scoring (15.6), rebounding (8.4) & FG% (.646) last year Nov. 21 Butler^ W, 69-64 Nov. 22 Virginia^ L, 66-59 Nov. 23 Oklahoma^ L, 65-54 2018-19: 10.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.5 off. rpg. Nov. 30 Mississippi State L, 65-58 • Had a double-double of 15 and 14 in the Presbyterian win Dec. 4 Detroit Mercy W, 98-59 3 Dec. 8 At Auburn L, 82-72 TREY • Scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. Oklahoma BB Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase LANDERS • Dayton’s most improved player in 2017-18 Dec. 16 Tulsa+ L, 72-67 G • Jr. • 6-5 • 221 • Increased scoring average by 8.1 points per game Dec. 19 Western Michigan W, 85-72 Dayton, Ohio • Third for UD in scoring, second in rebounding and FG% in 2017-18 Dec. 22 Presbyterian W, 81-69 • Over the fi nal 10 games, averaged 15.8 ppg., 7.1 reb., & shot .634 FG% Dec. 29 Georgia Southern W, 94-90 Jan. 6 Richmond* 12 Noon ET Jan. 9 At George Washington* 7 pm ET 2018-19: 9.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, .727 FT% Jan. 13 Massachusetts* 3:30 pm ET • Had a season-high 18 points against Presbyterian 4 • Has 31 points in his last two games Jan. 16 At VCU * 8 pm ET Jan. 19 At St. Bonaventure* 4:30 pm JORDAN • Had 23 free throws in 8 games (33 now), after just 23 in 31 last year Jan. 23 George Mason* 7 pm ET DAVIS • Played in all 31 games, starting 22 in 2017-18 Jan. 26 At Fordham* 2 pm ET • Led UD in 3-point FG% (.394), and was ninth in A-10 (top freshman) G • So. • 6-2 • 195 Jan. 29 Saint Joseph’s* 8 pm ET • His 56 3-pointers made were 4th-best all-time among Flyer freshmen Irmo, S.C. Feb. 2 Duquesne* 2 pm ET Feb. 5 At Saint Louis* 9 pm ET Feb. 9 At Rhode Island* 4 pm ET 2018-19: 14.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 5.9 apg Feb. 16 VCU* 4 pm ET 10 • 17 points w/7 assists vs. Ga. Southern; 4-4 FT in fi nal 13 seconds) Feb. 19 At Davidson* 6 pm ET • 19 points (14 in the fi rst half), 6 boards, 5 assists vs. Presbyterian Feb. 23 Saint Louis* 4 pm ET JALEN • Averaged 15.0 points and 5.3 assists at the Battle4Atlantis Feb. 26 At Massachusetts* 7 pm ET CRUTCHER • Had 20 points (3-4 3 pt.) with 5 rebounds and 3 assists against Butler Mar. 1 Rhode Island* 7 pm ET G • So. • 6-1 • 169 • Played in all 31 games, starting 22 at point guard last year Mar. 6 La Salle* 7 pm ET • Named to the 2017-18 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team Mar. 9 At Duquesne* 7 pm ET Memphis, Tenn. 2018-19: 8.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, .800 FT% Mar. 13-17 A-10 Championship / Brooklyn, N.Y. • Led with 15 points at Auburn; Had 8 rebounds (5 offensive) 33RYAN • Second career double-double (18 & 10) in win over Coppin State * - Atlantic 10 Conference game • Missed all of 2017-18 rehabbing from surgery on both hips ^ - Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis MIKESELL • The improvement in his overall mobility after the surgeries is clear # -Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Game F • R-Jr. • 6-7 • 215 + - Basketball Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase St. Henry, Ohio • Played in all 32 games and started 24 in 2016-17 All times Eastern & subject to change. • Has exceptional court vision and ball-handling ability Home games played on Tom Blackburn Court at the University of Dayton Arena. (ex) - Exhibition game ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON RICHMOND Bucky Bockhorn, analyst Record in 2018-19 Head Coach Record in 2018-19 Head Coach 8-5 Anthony Grant 6-7 Chris Mooney Television • Spectrum News One Todd Harris,, play-by-play A-10 Record Career Record A-10 Record Career Record Blaine Fowler, analyst 0-0 215-132 0-0 260-214 Dayton Record Richmond Record Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio 22-22 243-202 DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Won 94-90 Won 91-82 @DaytonMBB vs. Georgia Southern at South Alabaama Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell/Text: (937) 272-4503 Secondary Contact: Jay Kafer • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4460 • Cell/Text: (630)301-0017 ABOUT THE FLYERS 2018-19 ROSTER University of Dayton No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 0 Josh Cunningham RS Sr. F 6-8 239 Chicago, Ill. /Morgan Park Location - Dayton, Ohio 1 Obi Toppin RS Fr. F 6-9 220 Ossining, N.Y. / Mt Zion Prep Founded - 1850 2 Frankie Policelli Fr. F 6-7 211 New Hartford, N.Y. / Long Island Lutheran Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,223 Nickname - Flyers 3 Trey Landers Jr. G 6-5 221 Dayton, Ohio / Wayne Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 655) 4 Jordan Davis So. G 6-2 195 Irmo, SC / Dutch Fork Affi liation - NCAA Division I 10 Jalen Crutcher So. G 6-1 169 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway Conference - Atlantic 10 23 Jack Westerfi eld Sr. G 6-1 180 Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier President - Dr. Eric Spina 31 Jhery Matos Jr. G 6-5 190 Santo Domingo, D.R. / West Oaks Academy VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 33 Ryan Mikesell RS Jr. F 6-7 215 St. Henry, Ohio/St. Henry 114th Season: 1903 - Present 35 Dwayne Cohill Fr. G 6-2 176 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name Overall Record: 1,633-1,108 (.596) 51 Jabali Leonard Fr. G 6-1 182 Dayton, Ohio / Meadowdale Atlantic 10 Record: 218-157 (.581) 52 Camron Greer So. G 5-6 148 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 53 Christian Wilson RS Fr. G 6-1 157 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont NIT Record - 40-22 -- Rodney Chatman Jr. G 6-1 178 Lithonia, Ga. / Lithonia -- Jordy Tshimanga Jr. C 6-11 268 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffi e School NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, -- Ibrahim “Ibi” Watson Jr. G 6-5 198 Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington Central 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) Second Season at UD, - 22-22; 11th overall as head coach - 215-132 CAREER NUMBERS Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Second Season at Dayton) Donnie Jones - Assistant Coach (First Season at Dayton) Ryan Mikesell 67 36 10 Darren Hertz - Assistant to the Head Coach (Second Season at Dayton) Josh Cunningham 53 43 6 Andy Farrell - Director of Scouting and Program Development (Sixth Season at Dayton) Trey Landers 51 42 39 Ed Streit, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (First Season at Dayton) Jordan Davis 44 35 14 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Sixth Season at UD) Jalen Crutcher 44 35 32 Jack Westerfi eld 16 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Obi Toppin 13 4 0 Dwayne Cohill 13 0 0 Dwayne Cohill -- COE-hill / Jalen Crutcher -- Crutch-er / Jhery Matos -- Jerry MAH- toas Jhery Matos 6 0 0 Ryan Mikesell - MIKE-sell / Obi Toppin -- OH-bee / Frankie Policelli -- Pole-Ah-CHELL- ee Camron Greer 6 0 0 Frankie Polcelli 5 0 0 Christian Wilson 2 0 0 DAYTON OPENS A-10 PLAYS WITH RICHMOND Jabali Leonard 1 0 0 The University of Dayton Flyers will begin its 24th season in the Atlantic 10 Conference on DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Sunday, Jan. 6 when Richmond visits Tom Blackburn Court. Game time is 12 noon ET. Dayton Career ‘18-19 Cons. is 8-5 this season with wins in its last three games. UD’s losses are to teams with a combined record of 56-7. Four of the teams are ranked. Josh Cunningham 36 9 1 Trey Landers 25 7 0 Jalen Crutcher 23 11 11 The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, and televised by NBC Sports Network. Streaming Jordan Davis 21 6 2 audio, streaming video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com. Ryan Mikesell 12 6 0 Obi Toppin 8 8 1 THE NEARLY-TRANSFORMED UD ARENA The University of Dayton is past the halfway point of a $72 million renovation of its Arena. The 20-POINT SCORING GAMES transformation of University of Dayton Arena will occur in three phases – from 2017 to 2019.