Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.
What: Fifth-place game at Wooden Legacy
TV/Radio: ESPNU; AM 1290, News 95.7 WHIO.
Probable Dayton starters
Scoochie Smith, 6-2, Sr., G, 15.4
Kyle Davis, 6-0, Sr., G, 5.6
Charles Cooke, 6-5, sr., G, 21.2
Sam Miller, 6-9, So., F, 9.2
Ryan Mikesell, 6-7, So., F, 7.2
Probable New Mexico starters
Jordan Hunter, 5-11, So., G, 6.8
Elijah Brown, 6-4, Jr., G, 13.8
Obij Aget, 7-3, Sr., C, 3.3
Sam Logwood, 6-7, Jr., F, 11.3
Tim Williams, 6-8, Sr., F, 22.0
Series history: Tied 2-2. Dayton lost 66-61 in the West Regional third-place game in the NCAA tournament in 1974. Dayton won 70-57 at New Mexico in 1999. Dayton lost 68-66 at New Mexico in 2010. Dayton beat New Mexico 76-73 in double overtime at UD Arena in 2011.
Coaches: Dayton's Archie Miller is 118-57 in his sixth season. New Mexico's Craig Neal is 63-39 in his fourth season.
About Dayton: The Flyers are trying to go 2-1 in a holiday tournament for the fifth straight season. They are 12-5 in Archie Miller's six seasons in the tournaments. … Guard Darrell Davis shot 0 of 6 from the field in the first game and 2 of 7 in the second game. He scored six points against Portland. He's Dayton's top scorer off the bench with 6.4 points per game.
About New Mexico: The Lobos opened the season with an 81-70 victory over Idaho State. They then beat Houston Baptist 95-79 and New Mexico State 72-59. They lost 92-72 to Virginia Tech in the first round of the Wooden Legacy and beat Cal State Northridge 105-89 in the consolation bracket Friday. … New Mexico was picked to finish third in the Mountain West Conference behind San Diego State and Nevada. … Brown was named to the watch list for the Jerry West Award. … Williams is a transfer from Samford who entered the tournament with 1,645 points scored in his career. Dayton was among the schools he visited when he was looking at new schools.
Other games: UCLA will play Texas A&M in the championship game at 8:30 p.m. Sunday on ESPN. Virginia Tech will play Nebraska in the third place game at 4 p.m. on ESPNU. Portland will play Cal State Northridge in the seventh-place game at 11 p.m. on ESPNU.
Looking ahead: Dayton travels home Monday. It plays its next three games at home: at 2 p.m. Saturday vs. Winthrop; at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 vs. Saint Joseph's College; and at 2 p.m. Dec. 10 against East Tennessee State.
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