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Flyers survive scare from Wofford
Chris Wright and Marcus Johnson had 17 points apiece to lead Dayton to a 52-49 season-opening victory over scrappy Wofford on Sunday night.
With the scored tied at 44-all, Marcus Johnson stole a pass and sped to a dunk that gave UD a two-point edge with 3:03 to go.
Chris Wright then made a steal and was fouled on a break-away. He made one of two free throws with 2:40 left.
With UD leading by three at 1:44, Kurt Huelsman went to the line for a one-and-one. He missed the first, but Wofford was called for a lane violation. He connected on the mulligan but missed the second, keeping the lead at four.
Wofford scored on an inside bucket, but Rob Lowery answered with a 15-foot jumper with 48 secconds to go to push the lead back to four.
After the Terriers made a free throw to cut the deficit to 50-47, Lowery went to the line for a one-and-one with 15.1 seconds left. He calmly swished both to seal the victory.
The Flyers had almost as many turnovers as points in the first 11:15 while falling behind, 19-11. But their defense kept them in the game.
Johnson capped a 14-5 run to give the Flyers their first lead at 25-24 with three minutes to go in the first half. Wright hit a fade-away jumper to give them a 27-26 halftime edge. He had 10 points and Johnson eight in the first 20 minutes.
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By thepummeler
November 16, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this
junior salters? omg! can we leave all the 3pt shooters alone. defense, my a**e!!!By thepummeler
November 16, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this
charles little is a bull in a china shop, nothing more. needs his a*s kicked every game to get into gear…next!!By buckeyefan587
November 16, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this
U.D. should have kicked their tail. The school only has 1350 students 700 smaller than U.D.s incoming freshman class. To many substitutions players can’t work up a sweat as al Mcguire used to say.By Stone
November 16, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this
London The Bridge is Falling Warren. 4 TO’s in 25 minutes. Why is Rob Lowery, our so called prize Juco recruit, not starting and playing most of the minutes at point? LW might be a good spark off the bench, but he is wildly out of control. Please start playing our fab frosh! At least they can shoot.By p
November 17, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
Looking ahead at the UD schedule kind of makes you sick! This is suppose to be big time?