3. Instead of fighting out of a big hole, this time Dayton blew a double-digit lead: The Flyers faced large deficits in three of their last four losses — 18 against Cincinnati, 16 against George Washington and 20 against George Mason on Wednesday — but this time they had the big lead. The Flyers led by 13 points early in the second half.

Rubin 1-3 0-0 2, Dawson 6-12 5-6 19, Edwards 7-10 0-0 19, Quinn 5-6 0-1 10, Watson 6-17 2-2 18, Glazkov 0-0 0-0 0, Houinsou 2-5 0-1 4, Royster 0-0 0-0 0, DeLoach 2-2 2-4 6. Totals 30-58 9-14 81.

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During the second half Wednesday, Dayton Flyers forward Jaiun Simon sat on one of the stools the student managers place on the court during timeouts. The stool collapsed under him. He got up. The stool was quickly replaced.

Dayton's average of 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2 fewer made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Loyola Chicago gives up. Loyola Chicago has shot at a 46.4% rate from the field this season, 3.6 percentage points higher than the 42.8% shooting opponents of Dayton have averaged.

Dayton, Ohio; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Flyers -9.5; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM LINE: Dayton plays Loyola Chicago after Nate Santos scored 20 points in Dayton's 67-59 loss to the George Mason Patriots.

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