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. RHODE ISLAND 14 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio January 30, 2021 2020-21 W-L (9-4) DAYTON PROBABLE STARTERS (Based on previous game) H (4-2), A (3-2), N (1-0), A-10 (5-3) 2020-21: 15.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, .851 FT% Dec. 1 Eastern Illinois W, 66-63 2 • Had 18 points (12 in the second half) in the win at Saint Louis Dec. 5 SMU L, 66-64 IBI • Scored 24 points (eight in OT) and played 43 minutes at Davidson 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: 18.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.3 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; Scored 27 at SLU (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, 2.6 rpg, 3.6 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 12 points, four rebounds and two steals at Saint Louis Jan. 30 Rhode Island* 4 p.m. WEAVER • Played in 59 games with 19 starts while at USC Feb. 2 at Duquesne* 9 p.m. G • Jr. • 6-6 • 205 • Averaged 23.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 4.3 steals a game Feb. 5 Richmond* 7 p.m. Cocoa, Fla. and was named the Florida 6A Player of the Year as a senior Feb. 9 at Massachusetts* 7 p.m. Feb. 13 Saint Joseph’s* 2 p.m. 2020-21: 10.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, .750 FT% Feb. 16 at Rhode Island* TBA • Scored 22 points in 36 minutes in his first game in a Dayton uniform Feb. 19 Saint Louis* 7 p.m. 30 • Backed that up w/16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists & 3 steals vs. GMU Feb. 28 at St. Bonaventure* TBA March 3 VCU* TBA MUSTAPHA • Signed in November and started in December with just four practices AMZIL • Played 86 international games for the Finnish Junior National Team A-10 Men’s BB Championship -- Richmond, Va. F • Fr. • 6-10 • 220 • Team captain for team that represented Finland at the 2019 European Mar.10-14 TBA Helsinki, Finland championships; Averaged 12.4 points and 7.3 rebounds in seven games * - Atlantic 10 Conference game All home games in bold. 2020-21: 6.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg, .608 FG% The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn • Scored 10 points (5-6 FG) at VCU; Had 10 rebounds at Saint Louis Court at the University of Dayton Arena. 32 • Had 9 points and 8 rebounds in his 100th collegiate game at GW All times Eastern & subject to change. JORDY • Had 16 rebounds and was five-of-six from the line at Fordham (ex) - Exhibition game TSHIMANGA • Missed six weeks of 2019-20 fall practice with a knee injury, but still C • Gr. • 6-11 • 278 saw action in 27 games, averaging 9.8 minutes, 3.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg 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 RHODE ISLAND Brooks Hall, analyst Record in 2020-21 Head Coach Record in 2020-21 Head Coach 9-4 Anthony Grant 9-8 David Cox Television • CBS Sports Network Carter Blackburn, play-by-play Avery Johnson, analyst A-10 Record Career Record A-10 Record Career Record 5-3 266-145 6-4 48-32 Dayton Record URI Record 73 -35 48-32 Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Won 76-71 Won 73-60 @DaytonMBB at Saint Louis at La Salle 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: 1,685-1,119 (.601) 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Sr. C 6-11 278 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffie School Atlantic 10 Record: 253-165 (.605) 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 - 73-54; 13th overall as head coach - 266-145 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 107 98 32 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 44 14 13 Jordy Tshimanga 40 13 13 Rodney Chatman 37 37 0 Camron Greer 23 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Christian Wilson 20 0 0 Mustapha Amzil – MOOSE-tuh-fah Ahm-SEEL /R.J. Blakney – BLAIK-nee / Koby Brea – BRAY-ah / Zimi Nwokeji – ZIMM-ee Chase Johnson 13 6 0 Whoa-KAY-gee / Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie See-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes w/ “Bibby Moulaye Sissoko 13 0 0 Zimi Nwokeji 11 0 0 DAYTON BACK HOME TO HOST RHODE ISLAND ON SATURDAY R.J. Blakney 8 0 0 Mutapha Amzil 8 8 8 The University of Dayton Flyers will return to Blackburn Court for the first time in 17 days (and Koby Brea 8 2 0 only the third time in Jan.) when they play Rhode Island on Saturday. Game time is 4 p.m. ET. Elijah Weaver 7 5 5 Drew Swerlein 4 0 0 Dayton is 9-4, and 5-3 in the Atlantic 10 after winning at No. 22 Saint Louis on Tuesday. Jalen Luke Frazier 1 0 0 Crutcher led the way with 27 points (14 in the final four minutes), with Ibi Watson (18) points) and Elijah Weaver (12) not far behind. Jordy Tshimanga led UD with 10 rebounds. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES The game will carried by WHIO Radio, televised by the CBS Sports Network and streamed on Career ‘20-21 Cons. the CBS Sports App. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com. Jalen Crutcher 75 12 1 Ibi Watson 24 10 1 #TRENDING Rodney Chatman 12 2 0 Chase Johnson 5 4 0 • Moving into a bigger role this year, Jalen Crutcher got the kind of attention during the Mustapha Amzil 6 6 0 preseason that he is getting from opponents during the season.