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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Flyers turn it on in second half
Although they may have been guilty of having some mental lapses against Presbyterian College in a 72-52 win, Dayton players did have one hustle play in particular that showed they weren’t taking the unheralded visitors lightly.
Rob Lowery poked the dribble away from his man midway through the second half, dived for the loose ball and swatted it toward the opposite end. As the ball was rolling along the sideline, UD coach Brian Gregory saw Chris Wright sprint toward it and ran along with his junior forward.
Both of them met at the baseline, and while Wright didn’t get there in time, it was the kind of energy spurt the Flyers displayed most of the final 20 minutes.
UD was winning just 46-41 with 14 minutes to go but then held the Blue Hose scoreless over the next seven minutes while racking up 17 points in a row.
“We didn’t play very well the first half, didn’t defend the way we’re capable of defending, and they made some shots,” UD coach Brian Gregory said. “They’re a good team. They play a lot of good players. People talk about who you’re playing and all these different things, but it’s who plays better during those 40 minutes.
“The records aren’t that important, and who you have isn’t that important. There’s too many good players out there. You see it every day in college basketball. I was pleased our guys bounced back. We played a very good second half defensively.”
The Flyers (8-2) won their sixth straight game behind strong performances from Wright (15 points and eight rebounds), Mickey Perry (15 points), Josh Benson (10 points and seven rebounds) and Kurt Huelsman (eight points).
Presbyterian, which started five freshmen, put four players in double figures.
“I couldn’t be prouder of our team,” Presbyterian coach Gregg Nibert said. “Dayton is awesome. They’ve got a heckuva driving team. Obviously, Chris Wright is awesome. We played them pretty good the first half. But they just killed us on drives and rebounds.
“Brian does a great job. They manhandled us on the boards in the second half, and that probably was the difference in the game.”
UD had a 20-15 rebounding edge in the first half and a 26-11 advantage in the second half.
The Blue Hose (2-10) have played at Clemson, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio State. Asked if he would put UD in that class of teams, Nibert said: “There’s no question, man. These guys are good. But we’ve gotten better. … Don’t think we don’t have a good team, too.”
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Two starters expected to miss UD’s game Monday
Dayton started London Warren, Chris Wright, Kurt Huelsman, Paul Williams and Mickey Perry for the second half against Presbyterian College tonight, and that’s a lineup that probably will see the floor for the opening tap against Appalachian State on Monday — and maybe beyond that.
Senior guard Marcus Johnson, the team’s third-leading scorer, took a hard fall with 9:51 to go in the first half after trying to stop a break-away lay-up. He suffered a sprained left ankle and was scheduled to get X-rays tonight.
Chris johnson, the team’s top rebounder and second-leading scorer, took a shot to chops after running into a backcourt pick set by Presbyterian’s Jake Troyli less than two minutes into the game.
Johnson was knocked backward and stayed on the floor for a couple of minutes before staggering to the bench. He appears to have suffered a concussion.
“It’s too early to tell, but I would assume you wouldn’t see them until we get back from (Christmas) break,” UD coach Brian Gregory said. “(Chris) took a blow to the face. The ref assured me it was legal. I didn’t really see it. But right now, the preliminary report is that he has a concussion. With that, he would not play on Monday, obviously.”
After facing Appalachian State (7-4), the Flyers host Boston University (which has a win over Indiana) on Dec. 29 and plays at nationally ranked New Mexico on Jan. 1.
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Flyers win, but two injured
Chris Wright had 15 points and eight rebounds and Mickey Perry added 15 points as Dayton pulled away in the second half for a 71-52 victory over Presbyterian tonight.
The win may have been costly, though.
Chris Johnson and Marcus Johnson were both injured in the first half and didn’t return.
Chris Johnson, the team’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, took a blow to the face about two minutes into the game. Marcus Johnson, the Flyers’ third-leading scorer, suffered a sprained right ankle.
The Flyers (8-2) led by just one at halftime but had a 17-0 run midway through the second half to pull away from the Blue Hose (2-10).
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Two players injured in UD game
Chris Johnson and Marcus Johnson were both injured in the first half of Dayton’s game against Presbyterian and aren’t expected to return.
Chris Johnson, the team’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, took a blow to the face about two minutes into the game and has left the bench area.
Marcus Johnson, the Flyers’ third-leading scorer, suffered a sprained right ankle and is watching from the bench with his shoe off and his ankle taped.
The Flyers led by just one at halftime, built a 10-point lead early in the second half, only to have Presbyterian cut it to five with 15 minutes to go.
