Where: UD Arena
TV/Radio: TWC SportsChannel; AM 1290, News 95.7 WHIO.
Probable Dayton starters
Scoochie Smith, 6-2, Sr., G, 14.9
Kyle Davis, 6-0, Sr., G, 7.3
Charles Cooke, 6-5, sr., G, 19.7
Sam Miller, 6-9, So., F, 8.1
Ryan Mikesell, 6-7, So., F, 6.9
Probable Saint Joseph’s starters
Eric Gillespie, 6-2, Jr., G, 16.5
CJ Hardaway, 6-2, So., G, 13.6
Davious Webster, 6-3, So., G, 10.1
Kindred Williams, 6-6, Jr., F, 8.8
Nick Jeffirs, 6-6, So., F, 9.3
Series history: First meeting.
Coaches: Dayton's Archie Miller is 120-57 in his sixth season. Tom Church is 23-69 in his fourth season at Saint Joseph's.
About Dayton: The Flyers have won three straight games. They are 2-1 at home. This is the second of three straight home games. They play six of seven games at UD Arena in December. … Archie Miller doesn't expect senior forward Kendall Pollard to return to the starting lineup for this game. Pollard made his season debut Saturday and scored 12 points in 18 minutes. … Among the players who have appeared in all seven games, sophomore forward Xeyrius Williams is the leading scorer off the bench (7.0 points per game). … Dayton is shooting 71.9 percent at the free-throw line in the last five minutes of games. … Smith has 951 career points. At his current pace, he will hit 1,000 points against Vanderbilt on Dec. 21.
About St. Joseph's: The Pumas are a Division II program that plays in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. … They have lost three games in a row: 91-76 to Upper Iowa; 90-78 to Lewis University; and 98-75 to Wisconsin-Parkside. … They are giving up 90.6 points per game and scoring 86.9. They average 9.6 3-pointers made per game. … Gillespie is the team's top 3-point shooter (26 of 63, 41.3 percent). … In the last three seasons, the Pumas have finished 4-24, 6-22 and 9-19. Dayton won 78 games in the same span. … The Pumas have no seniors on the roster. Eight players average 8.0 points or more. … The Pumas played a Division I school in their opener, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and lost 87-74. They played a Division I team last season and lost 84-43 to Pittsburgh.
Looking ahead: Dayton hosts East Tennessee State at 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and then has a week off before playing Northwestern at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the United Center in Chicago.
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