Dayton Daily News

DAYTON VS. FORDHAM: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S GAME

- — David Jablonski, Staff Writer

Who: Dayton (12-7, 4-2) vs. Fordham (9-8, 2-3).

Where: UD Arena

When: 7 p.m. today

TV/Radio: Spectrum News 1/95.7 and 1290 WHIO.

Series: Dayton leads 32-6. The Flyers won 16 straight games in the series before losing 55-54 at Fordham last season. It was Fordham’s first victory in the series in 15 years. Fordham is 0-15 all time at UD Arena. Dayton last beat Fordham 70-56 in 2020 at UD Arena.

Last game: Dayton lost 50-49 at George Mason on Saturday. Fordham lost 69-66 at home to Davidson on Friday.

Coaches: Anthony Grant is 90-48 in five season at Dayton. Kyle Neptune is 9-8 in his first season at Fordham. Neptune got the job in March after eight seasons as an assistant coach at Villanova. Fordham fired Jeff Neubauer, who was 61-104 in six seasons, last January.

About Dayton: KenPom.com gives Dayton a 85 percent chance of winning this game and predicts a 68-57 score. … Dayton scores 54.9% of its points on 2-point shots (75th in the nation), 28% on 3-point shots (258th) and 17.1% on free throws (211th). … Dayton’s average offensive possession last 18.3 seconds (289th in the country). The fastest team in the country, Arizona, averages 14.4 seconds per possession. … Dayton ranks 73rd in the NCAA Evaluation Tool. Fordham is 174th. About Fordham: Quisenberr­y is a Springfiel­d native and Wayne High School graduate who played his first three seasons at Youngstown State, scoring 1,213 points. He enrolled at Fordham as a graduate transfer. … Fordham’s secondlead­ing scorer, Antonio Daye Jr. (16.8 points per game), entered the transfer portal Jan. 20. … The team’s third-leading scorer, Chuba Ohams (13.8), missed the Davidson game with an injury. … Fordham has one winning season in the last 14 years (17-14 in 2015-16). It last made the NCAA tournament in 1992. It has not finished above .500 in the A-10 since 2007 when it was 10-6.

Looking ahead: Dayton plays Rhode Island (12-5, 3-2) at 7 p.m. Friday at UD Arena.

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