NIT Second Round: Dayton at Cincinnati
March 22, 2010
photo by Ryan Kozelka
The UD Flyers turned in a true team effort in a 81-66 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats Monday night at Fifth Third Arena.
The Flyers had 11 different players score (every player that got in other than Dan Fox and Luke Hendrick for the final 20 seconds), and staved off all UC comeback attempts.
Marcus Johnson led Dayton with 16 points while Chris Wright, Rob Lowery and Paul Williams all scored 11 points, which built a 31-14 lead in the first half on the strength of some sizzling three point shooting, hitting nine treys in the opening frame.
UC closed the gap to just five at half time and even brough it down to two points on a couple occasions, but Dayton always had an answer, and eventually pulled away in the final seven minutes.
Despite making the NIT, Dayton\'s season has now lasted longer than every team in the A-10 except Xavier and Rhode Island.
The seven seniors on the team kept their final season alive, advancing to the National Invitation Tournament Round of Eight to take on the Fighting Illini of Illinois in Champaign.
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