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Monday, February 23, 2009
Flyers fall from poll after defeat
Dayton fell out of the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday after dropping a 57-49 decision at Saint Louis. The Flyers have the 30th-most votes in the AP poll and the 28th-most in the ESPN-USA Today coaches ratings.
UD (23-4, 9-3) is a half-game behind Xavier for first place in the Atlantic 10 and travels to Rhode Island (20-8, 9-4) on Wednesday.
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Games: at Rhode Island (20-8, 9-4 Atlantic 10), 7 p.m. Wednesday (Channel 7); vs. Temple (17-9, 9-3), 4 p.m. Saturday (Channel 7).
Scouting Rhode Island: Senior guard Jimmy Baron is on pace to become the A-10’s all-time leader in 3-pointers. He had six treys in eight attempts in a 77-58 win over Fordham on Saturday. The Rams have two straight 20-win seasons and split with the Flyers last season.
Scouting Temple: The Owls have won five straight games and have an A-10 player of the year candidate in guard Dionte Christmas. The 6-foot-5 senior leads the league in scoring at nearly 20 points per game and averages about three 3-pointers per outing. Both Rhode Island and Temple have wins this year over Penn State, which is being touted by many as an NCAA tournament team.
About Dayton: The Flyers had three assists and 13 turnovers in a 57-49 loss at Saint Louis, and injured point guard Rob Lowery was sorely missed. Although he had just one turnover and played frenetic defense for 27 minutes, starter London Warren went 1-for-8 from the field for three points, and back-up Stephen Thomas had trouble matching up against Saint Louis’ speedy point guard, Kwamain Mitchell.
• Chris Wright had a hug and kiss for a cutie who stuck around after the game. A girl in every port?
Nah, Wright explained he met St. Louis resident Vasana Hill while in town for an AAU tournament during his high school days.
“We all just went out to the mall one time. It’s my first time seeing here since I was in high school,” he said.
Asked if he might risk the wrath of a girlfriend back home if the encounter were reported, Wright said with a chuckle: “I think my mom will be mad more than anything.”
The Flyers were leading 40-39 with 10:55 left in the second half but scored just two points in a nine-possession span after that, and Wright thought the Flyers missed freshman Chris Johnson, who was out with a bruised calf.
“I think we played hard, but I think we could have played a lot harder,” he said. “CJ not playing, that was big. But even with CJ not playing, we were still right in the game. That stretch of five or six minutes (actually seven minutes and 45 seconds) really killed us.”
UD coach Brian Gregory would have liked to have had Johnson, too. The freshman’s absence reduced the Flyers’ rotation to 10 players.
“During that (dry spell), I thought maybe we got a little tired for the first time all year long,” Gregory said.
• The Flyers shot just 30.9 percent from the field, their second-worst showing of the season. Only their 27.8-percent effort in a win over Auburn was worse. During that game, UD set an NCAA record for most 3-point attempts without making one, going 0-for-24.
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