18 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 Television Market GAME NOTES 20 NBA Players Back-to-back Atlantic 10 Champions More Than 1,600 Victories 102 Wins The Past Four Years DAYTON VS. MISSISSIPPIBASKETBALL STATE 7 Regular Season Game 7 • Humphrey Coliseum • Mississippi State, Miss. December 3, 2017 • 8 p.m. ET • TV: SEC Network • Radio: WHIO Dayton (3-3, 0-0) PROJECTED STARTERS H (2-1), A (0-0), N (1-2) 2017-18: 14.3 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.5 apg DATE OPPONENT TIME • Reached double figures in rebounds in three of the last four games. Nov. 4 Ohio Dominican - (ex) W, 79-61 0 JOSH • Enjoyed a monster game with 20 points, 16 rebounds against Akron. Nov. 10 Ball State W, 78-77 Nov. 16 vs. Hofstra ^ L, 72-69 CUNNINGHAM • Hit the game-winner as time expired versus Ball State. Nov. 17 vs. Ohio ^ W, 79-65 F • R-Jr. • 6-7 • 233 • Named a team captain for the second straight season. Nov. 19 vs. Old Dominion ^ L, 75-67 Chicago, Illinois • Top-100 prospect (No. 98 on the ESPN Top 100). Nov. 25 Akron W, 73-60 Nov. 29 Auburn L, 73-60 2017-18: 19.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.5 apg Dec. 3 at Mississippi State 8 p.m. • Has scored in double figures in every game this season. Dec. 6 Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. 1 • Averaged 24.0 points on .533 FG shooting at the Charleston Classic. Dec. 9 Penn 3 p.m. DARRELL • Scored 16 points versus Ball State, his 100th career game at Dayton. Dec. 16 Georgia State 7 p.m. DAVIS • Played in 31 games and started 16 for Dayton last year. Dec. 19 at Saint Mary’s 10 p.m. G • Sr. • 6-5 • 170 • Ranked 112 overall for the class of 2014 by Rivals.com. Dec. 23 Wagner 3 p.m. Detroit, Michigan Dec. 30 at Duquesne * 12 p.m. Jan. 3 St. Bonaventure * 8:30 p.m. 2017-18: 7.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.0 apg Jan. 6 Massachusetts * Noon Jan. 9 at Richmond * 7 p.m. • Recorded 12 points, six rebounds and three steals versus Auburn. Jan. 12 VCU * 7 p.m. 3 • Played in nine games for the Flyers as a freshman. TREY • Shot 11 of 17 (.647) from the field last season. Jan. 17 at Saint Joseph’s * 6:30 p.m. LANDERS Jan. 20 Rhode Island * 1 p.m. • Was an All-Ohio First Team selection in high school. Jan. 23 Davidson * 7 p.m. G • So • 6-5 • 224 • One of four Flyers to win a state championship in high school. Jan. 27 at Saint Louis * 4 p.m. Dayton, Ohio Feb. 3 at Massachusetts * 2 p.m. Feb. 7 Duquesne * 7 p.m. 2017-18: 5.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.3 apg Feb. 10 at VCU * 6 p.m. • Has a Dayton-best 11 blocks in the first six games. Feb. 14 at George Mason* 7 p.m. 13 • Academic redshirt last season. Feb. 17 Fordham * 7 p.m. KOSTAS Feb. 20 Saint Louis * 9 p.m. ANTETOKOUNMPO • Younger brother of Milwaukee Bucks star, Giannis Antetokounmpo. • Top 100 Prospect (No. 89 Rivals; No. 98, Scout). Feb. 23 at Rhode Island * 7 p.m. F • R-Fr. • 6-10 • 197 • Played for the Greek National U20 team before coming to UD. Feb. 28 at La Salle * 7 p.m. Athens, Greece Mar. 3 George Washington * 12:30 p.m. Mar. 7-11 A-10 Championship / Washington D.C. 2017-18: 5.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.7 apg • Shooting .846 (11 of 13) at the free throw line. * - Atlantic 10 Conference game JOHN15 • Posted a career-high 13 points against Ball State. ^ - Gildan Charleston Classic CROSBY • Played in all 32 contests last season. All times Eastern & subject to change. • In 2016-17, he made 11 of 23 three-point attempts (.478). G • Jr. • 6-3 • 197 Home games played on Tom Blackburn Court at the • Second Team All-Baltimore Metro choice as a senior in high school. University of Dayton Arena. Baltimore, Maryland (ex) - Exhibition game ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON MISSISSIPPI STATE Bucky Bockhorn, analyst Record in 2017-18 Head Coach Record in 2017-18 Head Coach 3-3 Anthony Grant 6-0 Ben Howland TV • CBS Sports Network Last Game Last Game Career Record Career Record Courtney Lyle, play-by-play; L, 73-60 vs. W, 83-59 vs. 196-113 (10th Year) 437-239 (22nd Year) Pat Bradley, analyst Auburn North Dakota State Dayton Record MSU Record Digital • Live Stats & Audio 3-3 (1st Year) 36-33 (3rd Year) DaytonFlyers.com @DaytonMBB Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell/Text: (937) 272-4503 Secondary Contact: Michael LaPlaca • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-5584 • Cell/Text: (937) 654-9025 ABOUT THE FLYERS 2017-18 ROSTER University of Dayton No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 0 Josh Cunningham F R-Jr. 6-7 233 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park Location - Dayton, Ohio 1 Darrell Davis G Sr. 6-5 170 Detroit, Mich. / Frederick Douglass Founded - 1850 3 Trey Landers G So. 6-5 224 Dayton, Ohio / Wayne Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,223 4 Jordan Davis G Fr. 6-2 195 Irmo, S.C. / Dutch Fork Nickname - Flyers 10 Jalen Crutcher G Fr. 6-1 161 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway School Colors - Red (PMS 200) 11 Matej Svoboda F Fr. 6-7 224 Ostrava, Czec Republic/Sportovní gymnázium Ostrava & Blue (PMS 655) 13 Kostas Antetokounmpo F R-Fr. 6-10 197 Athens, Greece / Dominican (Milwaukee) Affiliation - NCAA Division I 14 Jordan Pierce C Fr. 6-11 265 Union, N.J. / Union Catholic Conference - Atlantic 10 15 John Crosby G Jr. 6-3 197 Baltimore, Md. / New Haven School President - Dr. Eric Spina 20 Xeyrius Williams F Jr. 6-9 205 Springfield, Ohio / Wayne Vice President/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 23 Jack Westerfield G Jr. 6-1 180 Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier Website - DaytonFlyers.com 33 Ryan Mikesell F Jr. 6-7 215 St. Henry, Ohio / St. Henry 44 Joey Gruden G Sr. 6-1 185 Leesburg, Virginia / Sycamore 109th Season 50 Dalton Stewart G Fr. 6-2 190 Brookville, Ohio / Brookville Years 1903 - Present 52 Camron Greer G Fr. 5-7 160 Country Club Hills, Ill. / Rich Central Overall Record: 1,613-1,089 (.597) -- Obadiah Toppin F Fr. 6-8 193 Ossining, N.Y. / Mt. Zion Prep (MD) Atlantic 10 Record: 210-147 NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87 - First Season at UD, 10th overall as head coach - 196-113) NIT Record - 40-22 Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (2nd Season at Dayton) James Kane - Assistant Coach (1st Season at Dayton) NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (1st Season at Dayton) 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, Darren Hertz - Assistant to the Head Coach (1st Season at Dayton) 1985, 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, Andy Farrell - Director of Scouting and Program Development (5th Season at Dayton) 2015, 2016, 2017 Devin Davis - Director of Player Development (1st Season at Dayton) Casey Cathrall, MS.Ed, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (1st Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (5th Season at UD) Games Starts Cons. Darrell Davis 105 24 6 PRONUNCIATIONS John Crosby 70 6 6 Jalen Crutcher -- Crutch - er / Matej Svoboda -- Mah-teh Sav- bo-duh / Darrell Davis -- DAIR-uhl Xeyrius Williams 62 12 11 Ryan Mikesell 54 24 0 Kostas Antetokounmpo -- Coh-stas Anh-teh-toe-KUHN-po / Xeyrius Williams - Zer-e-us Josh Cunningham 17 8 6 Joey Gruden 17 0 0 DAYTON VISITS MISSISSIPPI STATE ON SUNDAY Trey Landers 13 4 4 Jalen Crutcher 6 0 0 • The University of Dayton Flyers will play their first true road game of the year visiting the Jordan Davis 6 1 0 Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET. Kostas Antetokounmpo 6 3 3 • The game will be carried by the SEC Network and is available with live streaming video, Matej Svboda 5 0 0 audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com. Jack Westerfield 5 0 0 Dalton Stewart 1 0 0 Camron Greer 1 0 0 SERIES STUFF • Mississippi State leads the all-time series 1-0. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES • The Bulldogs won the only meeting, 56-54, on Dec 19, 1975. Career ‘‘17-18 Cons. Darrell Davis 22 6 6 POWER FIVE PROMINENCE Xeyrius Williams 13 1 0 • The Flyers have won 15 of the last 19 contests against SEC opponents. Josh Cunningham 7 4 0 • Dayton is 32-15 in the last 10 years against programs from the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Ryan Mikesell 6 0 0 John Crosby 5 1 0 Pac 12 Conferences. Jordan Davis 3 3 0 Kostas Antetokounmpo 2 2 0 #TRENDING Trey Landers 1 1 1 • Dayton is 3-0 this year against Mid-American Conference opponents (Ball State, Ohio and Jalen Crutcher 1 1 1 Akron), but 0-3 against everybody else. • Dayton returns the 11th-fewest number of minutes played in Division I (2,020). Only 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Mississippi Valley State (386), Pitt (648), North Carolina Central (862), Kentucky (890), Austin Career ‘‘17-18 Cons. Darrell Davis 3 3 0 Peay (1,392), Robert Morris (1,612), Iowa State (1,728), Memphis (1,825), James Madison (1,881) Josh Cunningham 2 2 1 and Chattanooga (1,909) have fewer.