GAME THREAD: men's basketball vs. Dayton

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Dayton starters
G 0 Javon Bennett
G 6 Enoch Cheeks
G 24 Kobe Elvis
F 2 Nate Santos
F 15 DaRon Holmes II

SMU starters
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 1 Zhuric Phelps
G 3 Chuck Harris
F 10 Samuell Williamson
F 22 Keon Ambrose-Hylton

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Dayton enters the game with a 4-2 record.

Wins:
Southern Illinois—Edwardsville (63-47)
LSU (70-67)
St. John's (88-81)
Youngston State (77-69)

Losses:
Northwestern (71-66)
Houston (69-55)

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Williamson opens the scoring with a baseline jumper

Enoch Cheeks answers with a 3 for Dayton

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Ambrose-Hylton put-back gives SMU 4-3 lead
Then Phelps steals and cruises in for a dunk
6-3 SMU

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Cheeks is 3-for-3 on three-pointers..

Cheeks: 9 points
Other Flyers: 0 points

SMU 12, Dayton 9

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Field goal percentages:

Dayton: 50 (3/6)
SMU: 100 (6/6)

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Tyreek Smith converts a backdoor feed from Williamson

14-11 — SMU

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Since hitting their first 7 shots from the floor, they have hit just 1 of 4

SMU 16, Dayton 15

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Chuck Harris gets fouled on layup — hits FT to make it 19-15

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Dayton takes the lead, only to have Ja'Heim Hudson answer with a short leaner in the lane for SMU.

Mustangs, 21, Flyers 20
9:47 to go in first half

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DaRon Holmes (who came into the game leading Dayton in scoring with an a average of 16.5 points per game through six games) spins away from Samuell Williamson, gets fouled while scoring and then hits the FT to give Dayton a 23-21 lead

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Among those in attendance at Moody tonight: Dallas Mavericks forward Grant Williams, who is a friend of the Lanier family.

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Zhuric Phelps leads SMU with 7 points, followed by three teammates (Ambrose-Hylton, Williamson and Tyreek Smith) with 4 each.

SMU 28, Dayton 27

3:43 to go in first half

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Mustangs winning the rebounding battle, 16-10.

They had more boards than their opponents three times in their first seven games, and an equal total once.

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Phelps, Ambrose-Hylton, Edwards, Williamson and Tyreek Smith have hit 8 of 11 shots between them.
Everyone else has combined to hit 7 of 17.

35-35