Dayton Flyers

Nov. 21, 2006

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Senior Monty Scott scored a season-high 16 points and junior Brian Roberts added 15 to lead the University of Dayton Flyers to a 73-62 win over the Yale Bulldogs 73-62 on Tuesday night at UD Arena.

Roberts drove the lane and converted a three-point play with 23 seconds left to ice the victory for the Flyers, but it wasn't until a nip-and-tuck final five minutes.

After five straight points from freshman guard Marcus Johnson, the Flyers went up 50-37, with 12:03 left. But the pesky Bulldogs wouldn't go away. Junior guard Eric Flato hit two back-to-back three-pointers cutting the Flyers lead to only six, 62-56, with 4:10 left in the game.

After a timeout by Dayton head coach Brian Gregory, Charles Little went on to score six points in a row, including an acrobatic flick over his head in the paint to put the Flyers up 68-56 with 2:22 left in the game.

Johnson had his first career double-double as he scored 11 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. Little was the fourth Flyer in double figures with ten points.

Flato scored 17 points and Casey Hughes added 13 to pace the Bulldogs. The Flyers held Flato to only 6 for 18 from the field and 3 for 11 from beyond the arc.

Yale sent the message that they wouldn't go away without a fight with a 7-3 run early in the second half to tie the game at 12.

London Warren subbed in at 11:12 mark and the Flyer defense started to turn things up. Offensively, Dayton would start to find holes in the Yale defense. Roberts drove the lane three times and Scott and Plummer would each add a basket as UD went on a 21-8 run to end the half to lead 38-25 at the break. Dayton improved to 3-1 on the season, while Yale fell to 1-2.

The Flyers are back in action on Friday, taking on the Louisville Cardinals at US Bank Arena in a 5:00 p.m. EST start.