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.
The University of Dayton Flyers basketball team gave the University of Virginia a strong first-half argument, but white-hot shooting from a bald guy with a headband spelled doom for Dayton in the second half.
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.
After playing a near-perfect first half, the University of Dayton Flyers watched Brigham Young outscore them, 22-2, to start the second half and a take a 13-point lead. But UD rallied to tie it late in the game only to suffer a 83-79 loss to the nation's No. 9 team.
The Flyers had "to survive a street fight in the second half", did it, and came away with a surprise win over undefeated Georgetown on Thanksgiving night.
