When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
TV/Radio: Spectrum News 1 and ESPN+/95.7 and 1290 WHIO.
Series: This is the first meeting. Dayton is 7-0 against the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Last game: Dayton lost 59-58 to UMass Lowell on Saturday at UD Arena. Lipscomb beat Loyola (Md.) 70-65 on Sunday at the Rising Coaches Classic in Charleston, S.C.
Coaches: Anthony Grant is 79-42 in five season at Dayton. Lennie Acuff is 34-29 in three seasons at Lipscomb.
Probable Dayton starters
Name, Ht., Class, Pos., Points per game
R.J. Blakney, 6-6, R-Fr., G, 10.5
Koby Brea, 6-6, R-Fr., G, 6.0
Kobe Elvis, 6-2, Fr., G, 5.0
Toumani Camara, 6-8, So., F, 9.5
DaRon Holmes II, 6-10, Fr., F, 11.0
Probable Lipscomb starters
Ahsan Asadullah, 6-9, Jr., C, 17.3
Greg Jones, 6-3, So., G, 10.3
KJ Johnson, 6-3, So., G, 11.0
Parker Hazen, 6-8, Gr., F, 7.0
Will Pruitt, 6-3, Fr., G, 8.5
About Dayton: KenPom.com gives Dayton a 86 percent chance of winning this game and predicts a 74-62 score. ... Dayton dropped from No. 83 to No. 94 in the Pomeroy ratings after losing to Lowell, which climbed from No. 274 to No. 260. ... Holmes tied these six players in the Dayton record book with six blocked shots against Lowell: George Morrison, vs. Iona on Dec 22, 1981; Erv Giddings vs. Youngstown State on Jan 10, 1977; Sean Finn vs. Saint Joseph’s on Mar 7, 2002; Chris Wright vs. La Salle on Feb 5, 2011; Steve McElvene vs. Saint Louis on Jan 27, 2016.
About Lipscomb: The school is located in Nashville, Tenn. ... Jacob Ognacevic, a 6-7 freshman, led the team with 20 points against Loyola. He’s averaging 17.3 points. ... The program won the NAIA national championship in 1986. In 2001, it played its first full Division I schedule. It became eligible for the NCAA tournament in 2003. Since then, it has enjoyed nine winning seasons. It reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 2018. Its best season came in 2018-19 when it finished 29-8. ... Lipscomb’s most famous basketball alumni is John Pierce, who is college basketball’s all-time leading scorer (4,230 points, 1990-94) if you include all all NCAA and NAIA levels. He broke the record of his teammate Phil Hutcheson (4,106, 1986-90).
Looking ahead: This is the third of four non-conference home games for Dayton before it travels to Orlando, Fla., for the ESPN Events Invitational in the last week of November. The Flyers play Austin Peay (1-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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