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The University of Dayton Flyers men's basketball team is looking to get on a roll with five of their next six games being played at UD Arena.

After its win against Towson last Saturday over Thanksgiving break, UD improved its record to 3-2. Beating Towson proved to be no easy task, however. Down by 18 points with less than 10 minutes to play, the Flyers were forced to mount a furious comeback to win 74-69.

"Basically the comeback showed what we have inside us, just tremendous heart and tremendous effort," junior forward Chris Wright said. "That's the kind of game we've got to play for 40 minutes, not just for nine or 10 minutes at the end of the game. We're going to see on film a lot of things we can get better at to keep us from being in that situation because against some teams you can't just turn it off and on like that."

After playing at Miami (OH) Wednesday, Dayton hosts Lehigh on Saturday. The Mountain Hawks of the Patriot League are 3-3 heading into their game at Columbia on Thursday before arriving in Dayton to take on the Flyers.

Following Saturday's Mountain Hawks matchup, Dayton will travel to Virginia to take on the George Mason Patriots of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament and would have played UD, but lost by one point to No. 6 Villanova after leading nearly the entire game. George Mason has reached the NCAA Tournament two out of the last four years, including the memorable Final Four run as an 11 seed in 2006. They played the Flyers at UD Arena last year, a game Dayton won 66-62.

UD will continue to run much of its offense through Wright, who is averaging just over 16 points and nearly eight rebounds per game. He poured in 20 points and nine rebounds to help the Flyers come back over Towson last week. Flyer fans should be encouraged to know he was 10 for 11 from the free throw line (the team shot almost 73 percent), an area which Dayton has struggled with in recent years.

"I've still got to work on other parts of my game, not just my shooting," Wright said. "I'm just trying to get my teammates involved and trying to rebound well and spread the floor because that's what I do well. But I am feeling more and more comfortable [at the line]. The more you get up to the line during the game, the more comfortable you get."

Wright has had plenty of help this year. Sophomore Chris Johnson has emerged as a threat at all spots on the court and has been an aggressive rebounder. He is averaging over 15 points and seven rebounds per game. Fellow sophomore Luke Fabrizius is third on the team in scoring, averaging 10 points per game and shooting nearly 50 percent from three point range.

Students should have an easier time getting to the arena Saturday night now that the Stuart Street bridge has opened. The days of detours and back roads are over, and even the players are excited about it.

"The bridge being done is huge," Wright said. "Now you don't have to drive down the back path where sometimes, especially at night, you can't see what's going on back there. I'm glad it's back."