Flyers’ Cunningham delivers in the clutch
Flyers senior delivers at the free-throw line in 74-73 win at Davidson.
Josh Cunningham overcomes his struggles at the free-throw line to make 9 of 10 in Dayton’s biggest win of the season.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Maybe the cutest story in college basketball
— Dayton Flyers star Josh Cunningham dating WNBA All-Star A’ja Wilson delivered a fun new — chapter Tuesday.
With Wilson watching from the stands, as she has often this season, Cunningham overcame his struggles at the free-throw line to make 9 of 10. The only miss came with 2.2 seconds to play in a tie game. The last make came moments later as the redshirt senior forward Cunningham clinched a 74-73 victory against Davidson at Belk Arena.
“Well done Cunningham!” Wilson wrote after the game on Twitter.
Cunningham’s 893rd point in a Dayton uniform may go down as his most important because it improves Dayton’s chances of earning a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 tournament. To him, though, it was just another free throw, one of 390 he has attempted in a career that started at Bradley in 2014 and has spanned five seasons.
“I’ve been practicing and working on my free throws all season,” Cunningham said. “It’s just a regular routine. It’s really nothing big. It was good to make the free throw win a game, but it was just another free throw. I shot all free throws tonight with the same mindset. Just got to make it and take my time.”
That free throw proved the difference in Dayton’s biggest victory of the season. The Flyers lost a 19-point lead but won in