The Dayton Flyers (25-6) play the Saint Joseph’s Hawks (25-7) in the fourth round of the A10 tournament at the Barclays Center. The game starts at 1:30 pm ET on Saturday, Mar. 12 and will air on CCS.
The Flyers beat Richmond 69-54 in the 3. Dyshawn Pierre played a key role, recording 10 points and 14 rebounds to notch his sixth double-double this season. The Hawks, meanwhile, are coming off an 86-80 win over George Washington in the 3. DeAndre’ Bembry shot 8-for-14 and led in scoring with 21 points.
This will be the second matchup of the season between these two teams. The Hawks won the first game 86-80. Bembry scored a game-high 21 points.
Notes
The Saint Joseph’s Hawks have a defensive rating of 99.4 (ranked 36th), while the Dayton Flyers have an offensive rating of 106.7 (ranked 158th).
With 68.4 possessions and 1.067 points per possession, the Dayton Flyers perform worse on both metrics than the Saint Joseph’s Hawks. Saint Joseph’s averages 69.6 possessions and 1.108 points per possession.
Saint Joseph’s has an average effective field goal percentage of 50.9%. Dayton is a solid 8-3 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, Dayton attempts 19.0 three pointers and Saint Joseph’s attempts 21.0. Both teams have winning records when they have 20 or more three point attempts. The Dayton Flyers sit at 15-3 and the Saint Joseph’s Hawks are 15-4.
The 14th-ranked team in the category, Saint Joseph’s has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.50 this season. Dayton ranks lower at 129th with an A/TO of 1.12.
Dayton ranks 60th in rebounds per game with 38.7 and Saint Joseph’s ranks 62nd with 38.7 rebounds per game.
Saint Joseph’s ranks 207th in offensive rebounds, while Dayton ranks at 15th in defensive rebounds.
On average, Dayton forces a turnover rate of 18.0%. When Saint Joseph’s turns over the ball at a similar or higher rate, the team has a tremendous 5-1 record.
