With Amaël L’Etang and Malcolm Thomas out with injuries, the University of Dayton basketball team needed somebody to step up for the Flyers’ Atlantic 10 Conference Opener Wednesday at UD Arena against Fordham. And it was Jordan Derkack and Jaiun Simon giving the Flyers a double dose of uplift, leading UD to a 63-56 victory.

Liberty University made a 426-mile bus trip from Lynchburg, Va. to Dayton worthwhile by beating the University of Dayton Flyers, 64-61, Saturday afternoon in UD Arena, concluding Dayton's 33-game winning streak against non-conference opponents in UD Arena, the self-proclaimed Epicenter of College Basketball.

The University of Dayton spent an eternity at the foul line Tuesday night in UD Arena as Florida State was whistled 31 times for fouls and the Flyers made 40 of 47 to hand the Seminoles a fifth straight loss, 97-69 and lift UD's record to 9-3 with one game remaining before Atlantic 10 play begins.

University of Dayton basketball legend Obi Toppin was in UD Arena Saturday for his induction into the school's athletic hall of fame and the current Flyers put on a dunk show in his honor during an 84-61 mauling of overmatched Northern Florida.

They had to work for it (Malcom Thomas, above) in a workman-like win against a stubborn East Tennessee State Tuesday, sparked by De'Shayne Montgomery's biggest night yet as a Dayton Flyer. Read more in Wednesday's Press Pros.