Dayton 11/14 7:30 ESPN+

[Lobot]

Headed up the highway a bit this weekend.

Dayton is currently on ESPN+ playing Siena if you're reading this tonight. They are up to this point 1-1 with an OT loss to NIU.

The guy that makes them go is 6'6 freshman SG Aiden Derkack. Averaging a 20 spot through the first 2 games and currently has 14 against Siena at the half. Dayton is down 46-45 at half time.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2168

Also say hello to Jalen "Big Slime" Haynes who was with us last season and basically on injured reserve all year

[Carthage World]

Dayton's first three games have been even more of a "nightmare" than our own, as they lost to KenPom 270 Northern Illinois 81-76 in OT before losing to KenPom 212 Siena 99-89 in a span of four days on their home court. Against NIU, they shot 2-17 from 3 (11.8%) and were outrebounded by 10. Against Siena, they committed 18 turnovers and lost the free throw battle - with Siena going 28 for 33 at the line and Dayton going 6 for 12.

Their 4-star do-everything freshman 6'6 Aiden Derkack averages 22.7 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.3 spg and shoots 66.7% from the field (on 10 attempts/game) and 79.3% from the line (on 9.7 attempts/game). Their other standout player is someone we are more familiar with in French big man 7'1 Amael L'Etang. He is averaging 15 and 7 so far, making 14 of 16 2-point shots (87.5%) but only 1 of 7 3-point attempts.

Jalen Haynes made his Dayton debut against NIU, and has averaged 6.5 ppg across two appearances off the bench where he has averaged 11 mpg. He is 5 for 5 from the field this season but only 3 for 6 from the free throw line.

Another semi-familiar face will be former Wes Miller 4-star recruit 6'1 Travis Perry who arrived at Dayton after two years of struggling to make an impact in the SEC (at UK and Ole Miss respectively). Perry's struggles have continued as he is shooting 2 for 17 from the field to start the season (11.8%).

Dayton currently ranks 114 in KenPom and 101 in Bart Torvik.

[Carthage World]

Bearcats are 6.5-point favorites on the road.

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This should be an interesting game for UC. Limping into this game after a tough loss and a game that it should have won. UC must put that loss behind. In a way, this is a must win game for UC. Two consecutive losses in their first four games would not kill its NCAA Tourney chances but sends the message that UC is not ready. It is tough because Calhoun is still finding out who is who. The defense ain't bad, however the 3-point shooting and the rebounding need some work. I personally think that UC wastes too many offensive possessions by the wrong guys taking threes; such as Lyles 0-5 and Elamin 0-6 to only name two.

UC is favored tonight. UC was also favored against Minnesota. Let's see what happens tonight at Dayton.