March 12, 2008

Dayton Notes

• Extended their winning streak t
• four games with victories in five of the last seven contests
• Improved t
• 14-11 in the Atlantic 10 Championship and 7-3 in the Opening Round
• Notched their second ever victory as the eighth seed in the A-10 Championship (2-1)
• Will advance t
• the Quarterfinals for the second straight season for a matchup with Xavier
• Head coach Brian Gregory picked up his fifth A-10 postseason win t
• improve t
• 5-4
• Dayton recorded its fourth straight win over Saint Louis, including three in 2007-08, for a 20-18 all-time advantage over the Billikens
• Own a 2-0 mark in A-10 Championship overtime games and 3-1 record in OT or 2OT contests this season
• Hold an 8-3 record in games decided by five points or less
• Flyers are 8-2 when scoring between 60-69 points and 6-3 when holding opponents between 60-69 points
• Hold a 14-2 mark this season after owning an advantage at the half
• Moved t
• 10-2 on Wednesday in 2007-08 and 15-1 while wearing white uniforms
• Connected on six first half three-pointers t
• match their second highest total in the opening 20 minutes this season
• Sophomore Mickey Perry reached a career-high nine points in the first half before finishing with 11 tallies for the game
• Third straight double figure scoring efforts for Marcus Johnson (16) and Andres Sandoval (10)
• Three Flyers reached double digits for the 13th time this season with Dayton winning 11 of those contests
• Senior Brian Roberts matched a season-low five points for just his fifth game under the 10-point mark
• Dayton out-rebounded the Billikens 37-32 t
• post their 18th win of the year when winning the battle on the boards (18-6)

Saint Louis Notes:

• Saint Louis is now 2-3 in Atlantic 10 Championship play.
• Saint Louis is 1-1 in Atlantic 10 Championship overtime games. The Billikens previously defeated Massachusetts, 74-71, during the 2007 A-10 Championship Quarterfinals.
• Billikens' head coach Rick Majerus appeared in his 600th game today. He has a career record of 438-162.
• Senior Danny Brown and juniors Tommie Liddell III and Kevin Lisch combined t
• score 56 of Saint Louis' 62 points.
• Senior Danny Brown scored a career-high 24 points on the day, passing his previous high of 23 set against George Washington on 1/11/06.
• Junior Tommie Liddell III registered his fourth 20 point performance of the year, scoring 21 on the day.
• Junior Barry Eberhardt set a new season-high in blocks with tw
• today, while Tommie Liddell III tied his season-high of in steals (three) and assists (four)
• Saint Louis has dropped four straight games t
• Dayton, including three this season.
• Saint Louis is 4-13 when trailing at the half and are 1-3 in overtime games this season.