Toppin ties Dayton field-goal percentage record in win over Western Michigan

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Toppin became the sixth player in Atlantic 10 Conference history to attempt at least 10 shots without a miss. Delonte West, of St. Joseph’s, set the record with 12-of-12 shooting against Xavier in 2004. Rhode Island’s Kenny Green is the only other player in A-10 history to make 11 of 11 shots. He did so against George Washington in 1988.

Dayton (6-5) improved to 5-1 at home. The Flyers play Presbyterian at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Josh Cunningham scored a season-high 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting for Dayton. Jalen Crutcher scored 14. Trey Landers had 11.

Dayton led the entire second half but had to hold off a charge by the Broncos, who got as close as seven points after making three straight 3-pointers midway through the half.

FIRST-HALF RECAP

Crutcher made 4 of 5 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the first half as the Dayton Flyers built a 45-33 halftime lead.

Crutcher made his first four 3-point attempts and didn’t miss one until the final seconds of the half.

Dayton shot 69.2 percent from the field and led by as many as 18 points.

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Toppin made all six of his field-goal attempts and also scored 12 points. Cunningham made 4 of 6 shots and scored 10. Trey Landers made 3 of 4 shots, scoring eight points.

Western Michigan shot 52 percent from the field. Michael Flowers led the Broncos with seven points. Ten players scored at least a point for Western Michigan.

NOTE: Fewer than 100 tickets remain for Saturday's 2 p.m. game against Presbyterian at UD Arena.