DAYTON — The Dayton Flyers put together a solid performance Friday night in a 70-56 victory over the Saint Billikens at the UD Arena.
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Toumani Camara posted his second consecutive double-double, 17 points and 10 rebounds. Four UD players scored in double figures.
The Flyers held Saint Louis to 38% shooting, 20-53 from the floor. The Billikens shot 24% in the second half.
DaRon Holmes II added 15 points while Koby Brea scored 13. Malachi Smith had 14 points and six assists.
UD improves to 17-9 overall, 9-4 in the Atlantic 10.
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Gibson Jimerson buried back-to-back three-pointers to score the first six points of the game to help Saint Louis to an 18-13 lead. But Dayton scored nine straight points go ahead, 22-18, with 11:33 left in the first half.
Javonte Perkins’ trey reclaimed the advantage for the Billikens, 28-27, but Camara’s three put U ahead for good, 30-28. Brea’s capped an 11-2 run to put the Flyers ahead, 38-30, with 1:49 left until halftime. Dayton led, 41-34, at the break.
UD opened things up in the second half as Kobe Elvis and Brea each made a three-pointer to increase it 49-36. Camara scored a pair of baskets to extend it to 54-38 with 11:19 remaining. The Flyers maintained a double digit lead throughout the second and led by as much as 19 points, 65-46.
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Dayton shot just under 48% from the field, 22-46. They made over 62% of their shots in the first half, 15-24. UD went 9-22 from three-point range and shot 17-26 from the foul line. The Flyers outrebounded the Billikens, 33-28.
Saint Louis made 50% of their shots in the first, 14-28, but went cold in the second shooting 6-25 from the floor. The Billikens finished shooting just under 38% from the field. Javonte Perkins had 17 points while Gibson Jimerson added 11. Yuri Collins scored 10 points and had six assists.
Dayton will have a week off. Their next game will be February 17 when they travel to Chicago, Illinois to play Loyola Chicago at the Gentile Center at 7 p.m.
The game will be broadcast on WHIO Radio. You can also listen to the game online here at WHIO.com.