Dayton Daily News

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT TODAY’S GAME

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■ Who: Dayton (5-3, 1-2) at Davidson (6-4, 2-1)

■ Where: Belk Arena, Davidson, N.C.

■ When: 9 p.m., today

■ TV/Radio: ESPN2/1290, 95.7WHIO

■ Series: The series is tied 5-5. Dayton haswon three straight games in the series: 65-64 in 2018 at UD Arena; 74-73 at Davidson in 2019; and 82-67 last season at UD Arena. Davidson last beat Dayton 73-67 in the A-10 tournament in 2017.

■ Last game: Dayton lost 55-54 at Fordham on Tuesday. Davidsonwo­n 61-48 at Duquesne on Tuesday.

■ Coaches: Anthony Grant is 69-34 in four seasons at Dayton. BobMcKillo­p is 600-368 in 32 seasons at Davidson. He became the 40th Division I head coach to reach the 600-win milestone Tuesday. He ranks 17th among active head coaches in career victories.

Kellan Grady 6-5 Sr. G

Carter Collins 6-3 Sr. G Hyunjung Lee 6-7 So. G

Luka Brajkovic 6-10 Jr. F SamMenneng­a 6-9 R-Fr. F

About Dayton: KenPom.comgives Dayton a 38 percent chance of winning this game and predicts a 68-57 score. ... In his second appearance of the season and first sincemissi­ng two games with an injury, junior guard ElijahWeav­er scored four points on 2-of-6 shooting in 18minutes Tuesday. Hewas 0-for3 from3-point range. ... Tshimanga grabbed a careerhigh 16 rebounds Tuesday. His previous highwas 12 against SouthernMe­thodist on Dec. 5. ... Dayton shot 17.4 percent (4 of 23) from3-point range against Fordham. Thatwas itsworst percentage since it made 15 percent (3 of 20) in 72-48 victory against Richmond on Jan. 6, 2019.

AboutDavid­son: Freshman forward Grant

Huffman is a friend of Dayton freshman guard Luke Frazier, who remains sidelined after undergoing an appendecto­my in December. Both are from the Cleveland area. Huffman has played in all 10 games, averaging 2.4 points in 11.4 minutes per game. ... Davidson shoots 3-pointersmo­re often than any team in the conference. It has made 94 of 262 and ranks third in the A-10 in percentage (35.9). Lee ranks fourth in the A-10 in 3-point shooting percentage (30 of 59, 50.8). ... Grady has scored 1,789 points in his career. He ranks ninth in school history.

■ Looking ahead: Dayton plays Duquesne (2-3, 1-2) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at UD Arena.

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