Dayton Daily News

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S GAME

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■ Who: Dayton (1-3) vs. University of Miami (3-1).

■ Where: HP Fieldhouse at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the

Walt Disney World Resort in Kissimmee, Florida.

■ When: Noon, today.

■ TV/Radio: ESPN2/95.7 and 1290 WHIO.

■ Series: Dayton leads 7-1. The teams last played Dec. 6, 1989. Miami won 87-82 at Miami Arena. That was the fourth matchup in a four-year span.

■ Last game: Dayton lost 87-81 to Austin Peay on Saturday at UD Arena. Miami beat Florida A&M 86-59 on Sunday in Coral Gables, Florida.

■ Coaches: Anthony Grant is 79-44 in five season at Dayton. Jim Larranaga is 203-131 in 11 seasons at Miami.

Probable Dayton starters

Name Ht.ClassPos. Avg. Elijah Weaver 6-6 R-Jr. 9.3 Toumani Camara 6-8 So. 11.0 DaRon Holmes II 6-10 Fr. 7.3 R.J. Blakney 6-6 R-Fr. 6.3 Malachi Smith 6-0 Fr. 6.3 Probable Miami starters

Kameron McGusty 6-5 Sr. G 19.0 Charlie Moore 5-11 Sr. G 11.3 Rodney Miller Jr. 7-0 Sr. C 4.0 Isaiah Wong 6-3 R-So. G 16.0 SamWaarden­burg 6-10 Sr. F 7.3

■ About Dayton: KenPom.com gives Dayton a 36% chance of winning and predicts a 71-66 score . ... Three areas where Dayton has had an edge this season are: rebounding (35.3 to 30.3 per game); free throws (62-46); and blocked shots (16-8) . ... Dayton is 4-5 in November tournament­s in Grant’s tenure. It finished 1-2 in the Charleston Classic in 2017, 1-2 in the Battle 4 Atlantis in 2018, and 2-1 in the Maui Invitation­al in 2019. The Flyers were scheduled to play in the Myrtle Beach Invitation­al and the Crossover Classic in South Dakota in 2020, but the pandemic changed the schedule.

■ About Miami: The Hurricanes finished 10-17 last season. It was the program’s third straight losing season. They last played in the NCAA tournament in 2018, their third straight appearance . ... Miami last played in a November tournament in 2019, finishing 1-2 in the Charleston Classic. It reached the championsh­ip game of the Wooden Legacy in 2018, losing to Seton Hall in the championsh­ip.

... Moore was a teammate of Dayton guard Kobe Elvis last season at DePaul. This is his fourth school. He played at California as a freshman and then played one season at Kansas . ... Jordan Miller, a fourth-year junior guard, played the last three seasons at George Mason, scoring 897 points. He scored 31 points in two games against Dayton last season. He’s averaging 5.0 points this season.

■ Looking ahead: Dayton plays Kansas (3-0) or North Texas (2-1) in the semifinals or the consolatio­n round Friday. Those teams play after the Dayton-Miami game. Dayton plays at 11 a.m. Friday if it loses today and at 1 or 1:30 if it wins. The other first-round games today: Alabama (4-0) vs. Iona (5-0) at 5; and Belmont (3-2) vs. Drake (3-0) at 7:30.

— David Jablonski, staff writer

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