SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 31	Saint Louis (19-11, 11-6 A-10) vs. Dayton (20-10, 12-5 A-10)
Date // Time	Friday, March 3, 2023 // 6 p.m. (CT)
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Radio	KMOX 1120 AM (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	ESPN2 (Mike Corey, Dalen Cuff)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis
Series	Dayton leads 40-29

Saint Louis closes out its Atlantic 10 Conference regular season on Friday night when Dayton comes to Chaifetz Arena. Game time is 6 p.m.
 
The Billikens (19-11, 11-6 A-10) enter the final weekend tied for third in the A-10 standings. Dayton (20-10, 12-5 A-10) is second in the league.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
 
Friday's game will be televised on ESPN2 as part of the A-10 ESPN Friday Night Showcase. Mike Corey and Dalen Cuff are on the call.
 
The radio broadcast will air on the home for the Billikens, KMOX 1120 AM. As always, Billiken Hall of Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will be on the call. 

FIVE FACTS
 
1 // Yuri Collins continues to hold the overwhelming lead in the NCAA in assists (294) and assists per game (10.1). He is the only player in the NCAA averaging a points/assists double-double (11.3 ppg and 10.2 apg) and is vying to become the fifth player in NCAA history to finish a year averaging a point/assists double-double.
 
2 // Collins need one more assist to become the A-10 single-season assists leader as he would suprass the previous record of 294, set by Temple's Howard Evans in the 1987-88 season. Collins' 848 career assists rank 27th all-time in NCAA history.
 
3 // Gibson Jimerson, who leads the Billikens with 14.4 ppg, needs four more points to surpass Jim Irving for 18th on SLU's all-time scoring list. Jimerson's 227 career treys rank fourth, four away from surpassing Scott Highmark for third.
 
4 // Francis Okoro leads the Atlantic 10 in rebounding with 8.8 rpg, just ahead of Dayton's Toumani Camara (8.7 rpg).
 
5 // SLU will recognize four senior managers (Ike Beck, Sean Kim, Josh McCalla, Jacob Reznikov) and seven student-athletes (Yuri Collins, Jake Forrester, Gibson Jimerson, Francis Okoro, Javonte Perkins, Javon Pickett, Fred Thatch Jr.) following the game as part of Senior Night festivities.
 
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
 
Full-session tickets for the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Championship are on sale now through the Billiken Ticket Office. Click here for more information. The tournament takes place March 7-12 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Note the change in the schedule – the tournament starts a day earlier on Tuesday, March 7. There is an off day on Friday, March 10, prior to Saturday's semifinal action. The bracket can be found here.

ABOUT DAYTON
 
The University of Dayton Flyers (Dayton, Ohio) are 20-10 overall and 12-5 in A-10 play. They are second in the league standings and are locked into the No. 2 seed at next week's Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Championship in Brooklyn, N.Y.
 
The Flyers are coming off a home victory over La Salle. Dayton had won four in a row and six of its last seven before falling on Feb. 25 at home to George Mason.
 
DaRon Holmes II, the reigning A-10 Player of the Week, leads the Flyers in scoring with 18.2 ppg. His 53 blocks are second in the A-10. Holmes, the 2022 A-10 Rookie of the Year, is on the watch list for the USBWA Oscar Robertson Award and is a Top 10 semifinalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Karl Malone Award.
 
Toumani Camara scores 13.9 ppg and is second in the Atlantic 10 with 8.7 rpg. He was named A-10 Player of the Week on Feb. 13. Malachi Smith averages 8.6 points and 6.3 assists in A-10 play.
 
Head coach Anthony Grant is in his sixth season coaching at his alma mater. He is 122-62 at UD, 315-171 in 15 seasons overall.
 
THE SAINT LOUIS-DAYTON SERIES
 
This is the 70th meeting between the Billikens and Flyers. Dayton leads the series 40-29. The Flyers have won six of the last seven meetings, including a 70-56 win at UD Arena earlier this season on Feb. 10.
 
The Billikens won last season's meeting at Chaifetz Arena, 72-61. The Billikens own a 17-14 record against the Flyers in games played in St. Louis.

SLU has played only four other opponents 70 or more times in its history: Drake (84), Cincinnati (78), Tulsa (74) and Bradley (70).