DAYTON, - The University of Dayton Flyers won their final non-conference game of the season and the final game of the 2015 calendar year in thrilling fashion, edging the Arkansas Razorbacks 85-81 in overtime. The win gives coach Archie Miller his 100th win at UD.  He is the third-fastest coach to do so in program history behind Don Donoher and Tom Blackburn.

GAME BREAKDOWN
1st Half
• Dayton started off the game with an 11-0 run until Arkansas scored a bucket with 17:05 left to play.
• The Flyers had its largest lead of the game with 23 points with a score of 30-7 with 10:11 in the first half.
•  UD led the entire half
• Arkansas's Moses Kingsley led all scorers in the first half with 16. Cooke led UD with 11.
• Transition helped the Flyers as UD had 14 fast break points compared to Arkansas's four.
• Arkansas ended the half on an 8-0 run
• Arkansas was 0-6 from behind the three point line.
2nd Half
• Dayton's Scoochie Smith led all scorers in the second half with 10 points.
• There were four lead changes in the second half and was tied five times
• Arkansas was 4-8 from the three point line in the second half.
• A spin move by Dyshawn Pierre and free throw by Kyle Davis gave UD a 72-69 lead until Arkansas's Anthlon Bell hit a three with 1.4 seconds left to tie the game.
Overtime
• Arkansas scored the first bucket in overtime.
• There were four lead changes and three ties in overtime.
• Kyle Davis secured two big rebounds which allowed the Flyers to eventually take the lead.
• UD led the final 1:25 of the game.
• Scoochie Smith made three of the game's last four free throws to seal the win for the Flyers.

KEY STATS
• UD had six players in double figures.  Charles Cooke led with 18 points, Scoochie Smith and Kendall Pollard had 15 apiece, Kyle Davis added 13 (5-6 FG).  Off the bench, Darrell Davis had 12 and Dyshawn Pierre added 11 in his first game this season.  Pierre scored nine in the second half.
• Smith had seven assists.  He also played a career-high 41 minutes.
• Pollard had nine rebounds and three steals.  Cooke also had nine boards.
• Steve McElvene had three blocked shots in just 11 minutes due to foul trouble.
• The last time Dayton had six guys in double figures was February 27, 2010 against UMass.  Mickey Perry led UD with 15 points.
• The last time the Flyers went into overtime was January, 4th 2014 against Ole Miss where Dayton won that game with a final score of 83-80.
• Arkansas's Moses Kingsley recorded his 12th consecutive double-double this season finishing the game with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
• Tonight was Dayton's first win against Arkansas in program history. Arkansas leads the series 2-1.
• Tonight was also the first sellout of the season (13,455) and the 107th in the 46-year history of UD Arena.
• The Flyers are now 30-11 against the Power 5 conferences in the last nine years and improve to 4-0 this year.
• UD has now won 13 of its last 16 games against SEC opponents.
• Dayton is now 10-2 on the year, while Arkansas falls to 6-6.


UP NEXT
The Flyers will travel to Pittsburgh after the New Year to face Atlantic 10 foe Duquesne on Saturday, January 2nd at 2:30 p.m.  ET.  Dayton returns home to take on UMass on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. ET.