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Dayton’s Dyhshawn Pierre drives to the basket past Richmond’s T.J. Cline in the first half. David Jablonski/Staff

Dayton’s Dyhshawn Pierre drives to the basket past Richmond’s T.J. Cline in the first half. David Jablonski/Staff
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March 11, 2016
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The Dayton Flyers led from start to finish in one of their best performances of the season, routing the Richmond Spiders 69-54 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament on Friday at the Barclays Center.

Dayton had a 20-plus point lead for much of the second half and rested its starters for most of the last five minutes.

Player of the game: Charles Cooke made only 3 of 12 shots from the field but led the Flyers with 14 points and had eight rebounds.

Key stat: The Flyers got 24 points off the bench. Darrell Davis scored nine.

Next game: Dayton plays No. 5 seed George Washington or No. 4 St. Joseph's in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

FIRST-HALF RECAP

The Flyers opened the game on a 20-4 run and lead the Richmond Spiders 33-20 at halftime in t

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Key run: The Flyers led 6-4 and then went on a 16-0 run over the next six minutes.

Key stat: The Flyers shot 46.4 percent from the field. Richmond shot 28 percent.

Foul trouble: Pierre, Bobby Wehrli and Steve McElvene all have two fouls for UD.

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