Where: Hagan Arena in Philadelphia
TV/Radio: ESPN+; 1290 and 95.7 WHIO
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Probable Dayton starters
Obi Toppin, 6-9, R-So., F, 19.8
Jalen Crutcher, 6-1, Jr., G, 13.1
Trey Landers, 6-5, Sr., G, 10.1
Ryan Mikesell, 6-7, R-Sr., F, 10.1
Rodney Chatman, 6-1, R-Jr., G, 9.2
Probable Saint Joseph’s starters
Cameron Brown, 6-5, Fr., G, 7.2
Myles Douglas, 6-7, R-So., F, 8.6
Ryan Daly, 6-5, R-Jr., G, 19.8
Rahmir Moore, 6-3, Fr., G, 8.1
Anthony Longpre, 6-10, Jr., F, 5.4
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Last game : Dayton beat La Salle 84-58 on Thursday. Saint Joseph's lost 84-52 at Richmond on Thursday.
Series history: Dayton leads 22-19. The Flyers won 75-64 last season at UD Arena. Dayton has lost nine straight games at Hagan Arena.
Coaches: Anthony Grant is 47-31 in his third season at Dayton. Billy Lange is 3-10 in his first season at Saint Joseph's. He was hired in March when Saint Joseph's fired Phil Martelli after 24 seasons. Lange was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers in his previous job.
About Dayton: Dayton has an 95 percent chance of winning this game, according to KenPom.com , which predicts an 88-69 score. … A victory would give Dayton its best record through 15 games since it was 13-2 in the 2014-15 season. That team won 15 games before losing its third game. … Toppin topped 20 points in the first five games and then didn't reach 20 in the next seven games. He has 31 and 20 points in the last two games. … Dayton's free-throw percentage climbed above 70 percent for the season on Thursday when it made 17 of 20. The Flyers are shooting 70.3 percent.
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About Saint Joseph's: Daly is a transfer from Delaware who led the Blue Hens in scoring his first two seasons. He's shooting 41.4 percent from the field and 27.7 percent from 3-point range. He has taken more than twice as many shots as any other player on the team. He has taken 32.4 percent of the team's shots and ranks 34th in the country in that category. … The Hawks rank last in the A-10 in 3-point shooting (30.7) and last in 3-point defense (39.9). … Saint Joseph's was picked to finish 13th out of 14 teams in the A-10 preseason poll.
Looking ahead: Dayton plays its A-10 home opener against Massachusetts at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 11.
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