University Of Dayton Flyers

Dayton Flyer comeback falls short in road loss at Saint Louis

Photo of DaRon Holmes II. Photo courtesy of Rick Roshto
Dayton at Saint Louis (DaRon Holmes II) Photo courtesy Rick Roshto - www.dblrphoto.com (ric/Rick Roshto)

ST. LOUIS, MO — The Dayton Flyers fell behind by as much as 10 points in the second half and had a chance to tie the game late but came up short in a 65-61 loss at Saint Louis Friday night.

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DaRon Holmes and Mustapha Amzil each led UD with 13 points but they only made less than 37% of their shots, including 30% in the second half.

The Flyers jumped out to a 9-5 lead to start out and had a 25-24 advantage with 9:05 left in the first half. The Billikens scored seven straight points as they led 41-32 at halftime.

Dayton began the second half scoring seven unanswered points, including a three-pointer by Koby Brea to cut it to 41-39 with 17:58 left.

After a timeout, Saint Louis went on an 11-3 run to take a 52-42 lead with 12:14 to go.

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UD got as close as two points but could not get any closer. They trailed, 63-61, with 23 seconds left. Toumani Camara missed a chance to tie and Saint Louis sealed the game with two free throws with 16 seconds left.

Holmes scored his 1,000th career point at Dayton on a layup early in the first half. He is the first true sophomore to reach the 1,000 point club at UD.

The Flyers end the regular season at 20-11 overall, 12-6 in the Atlantic 10.

Dayton will the no. 2 seed in next week’s Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Their first game will be Thursday at 5 p.m.

The game will be broadcast on WHIO Radio. It will also be carried here at WHIO.com.

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