Preview: Dayton Flyers vs. VCU Rams

Who: Virginia Commonwealth (23-6, 13-3) at Dayton (23-5, 14-2)

When: 8 p.m. Wednesday

Where: UD Arena

TV/Radio: CBS Sports Network; 95.7 FM, AM 1290 WHIO

Probable Dayton starters

Scoochie Smith, 6-2, Sr., G, 13.1

Darrell Davis, 6-5, Jr., G, 5.8

Xeyrius Williams, 6-8, So., F, 8.2

Kendall Pollard, 6-6, Sr., F, 13.9

Charles Cooke, 6-5, Sr., G, 16.3

Probable VCU starters

JeQuan Lewis, 6-1, Sr., G, 15.1

Justin Tillman, 6-7, Jr., F, 12.1

Doug Brooks, 6-4, Sr., G, 5.8

Mo-Alie Cox, 6-7, Sr., F, 9.7

Samir Doughty, 6-4, Fr., G, 9.0

Coaches: Dayton's Archie Miller is 138-60 in his sixth season. VCU's Will Wade is 48-17 in his second season.

Series history: VCU leads 7-3. VCU won 73-68 on Jan. 27 in Richmond, Va.

About Dayton: Dayton has won eight games in a row. It leads VCU by one game with two games to play. … Dayton's senior class is 101-33. … KenPom.com gives Dayton a 69 percent chance of winning and predicts a 73-68 score. Through Sunday, Dayton ranked 31st in the Pomeroy ratings. That matches its highest ranking of the season. VCU is 47th. … In the RPI, Dayton ranks 21st. That's also its highest ranking this season. VCU is 24th. Dayton's best two wins are against No. 44 Rhode Island. … The game is sold out, so Dayton will break the UD Arena attendance record of 12,982 per game that has stood since the arena opened in 1969-70. … Dayton is shooting 73.7 percent from the free-throw line during its winning streak compared to 69.5 percent for the season and 42.4 percent from 3-point range compared to 38.4 on the season.

About VCU: VCU's lost 69-59 at Rhode Island on Saturday. Jonathan Williams came off the bench to lead the team with 14 points. A nine-game winning streak ended. VCU won two games by one point and another in overtime during its winning streak. … VCU is tied with Richmond in points per game during A-10 play (76.0). Dayton has scored two fewer points (1,214) and averages 75.9. … Tillman ranks second in the A-10 with 9.4 rebounds per game. Cox (59.8) and Tillman (58.4) rank second and third in the conference in field-goal percentage.

Looking ahead: Dayton plays its regular-season finale at George Washington at 8 p.m. March 4. The Flyers will play at noon if they're No. 1 seed or 6 p.m. if they're the No. 2 seed in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament on March 10 at PPG Paints Arena.

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