By PAUL GOTHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- For the second time in as many nights the Dayton Flyers needed late-game heroics, and Scoochie Smith was again up to the task. With a double-digit lead about to evaporate, Smith delivered a pair of baskets to secure the Flyers a spot in Sunday's Advocare Invitational championship with a 73-71 victory over the Monmouth … [Read more...] about Scoochie delivers for Dayton…again
Dayton Flyers
Pollard and UD leaning on experience
By PAUL GOTHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- It felt like March. There is no other way to describe the atmosphere inside the HP Field House Thanksgiving night as the University of Dayton Flyers and the Iowa Hawkeyes traded runs. A pair of NCAA Tournament contenders rained haymakers. Dayton scored the first seven coming out of the locker room on their way to a 14-point … [Read more...] about Pollard and UD leaning on experience
Dayton holds off Iowa to advance at the Advocare Invitational
By PAUL GOTHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- The calendar read November, but it felt like March. It was a day when a tiny school from Springsteen country knocked off a ranked opponent. Another ranked team nearly erased a seven-point deficit in the final minute, but a shot at the buzzer found the front of the iron. So it was only fitting that a record crowd was treated a … [Read more...] about Dayton holds off Iowa to advance at the Advocare Invitational
Flyers look to control their own room
By PAUL GOTHAM LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- Archie Miller's University of Dayton Flyers seek to continue their winning ways when they open the 2015 Advocare Invitational. After defeating Southeast Missouri State in their opener, the Flyers easily dispatched the Alabama Crimson Tide, 80-48 in a non-bracketed game of the event before downing William and Mary. Those three games … [Read more...] about Flyers look to control their own room
Oklahoma outlasts Dayton to reach Sweet 16
By PAUL GOTHAM COLUMBUS, OH -- The drought lasted 8:53. Eight missed shots and five turnovers proved too much for the Dayton Flyers. Buddy Hield and Jordan Woodard combined for 31 points as the No. 3-seed Oklahoma Sooners (24-10) advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 72-66 victory over Dayton (27-9) in NCAA Tournament third round action at Nationwide Arena. "Obviously a … [Read more...] about Oklahoma outlasts Dayton to reach Sweet 16