PREVIEW: What you need to know about Dayton Flyers vs. Georgia State

First meeting between Flyers and Panthers is Saturday

Who: Georgia State (7-3) at Dayton (4-5)

When: 7 p.m. Saturday

Where: UD Arena

TV/Radio: Spectrum Sports; AM 1290, News 95.7 WHIO

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Probable Dayton starters

Darrell Davis, 6-5, Sr., G, 17.7

Jalen Crutcher, 6-1, Fr., G, 6.2

Trey Landers, 6-5, So., G, 6.6

Josh Cunningham, 6-7, R-Jr., F, 15.4

Kostas Antetokounmpo, 6-10, R-Fr., F, 5.9

Probable Georgia State starters

D’Marcus Simonds, 6-3, So., G, 20.9

Devin Mitchell, 6-4, Jr., G, 10.6

Malik Benlevi, 6-5, Jr., F, 12.8

Jordan Session, 6-8, Sr., F, 5.9

Jeff Thomas, 6-5, Jr., F, 7.8

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Series history: This is the first meeting. Dayton is 7-2 against the Sun Belt Conference. Both losses were to Louisiana-Lafayette in the 1970s. Dayton has since won seven straight games against the conference.

Coaches: Anthony Grant is 4-5 as Dayton head coach. His career record in 10 seasons is 197-115. Ron Hunter is 130-77 in his seventh season at Georgia State. He's a Chaminade Julienne graduate who played at Miami University. He coached 13 seasons at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. His career mark at both IUPUI and Georgia State is 351-256. He is the all-time leader in wins at both schools.

Last games: Dayton lost 78-70 at home to Penn on Saturday. Georgia State beat Point University, a NAIA program, 90-70 on Tuesday.

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About Dayton: KenPom.com gives Dayton a 66 percent chance of winning and predicts a 65-61 score. … Antetokounmpo has 15 blocks, the second most in school history through nine games. Steve McElvene had 19 in his first nine games. … Opponents shot 43.2 percent from 3-point range (32 of 74) in the last three games. … Cunningham set a school record with 22 straight made field goals in the last three games. Sean Finn set the previous mark of 18 in 2002-03. … Dayton ranks 19th in the country in two-point field-goal percentage (57.9), 226th in 3-point percentage (33.5) and 162nd in free-throw percentage (71.1).

About Georgia State: The Panthers finished second in the Sun Belt Conference last season and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll behind Texas-Arlington. Simonds was the conference's freshman of the year last season. … Georgia State is located in Atlanta. It beat another Atlanta school, Georgia Tech, 65-58 in an exhibition game in November. … Thomas is from Norwalk, Ohio. Jordan Tyson, a junior forward, is from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. He played his first two seasons at St. Bonaventure.

Next game: Dayton plays Saint Mary's (8-2) at 10 p.m. Tuesday in Moraga, Calif.

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