Dayton pitches Saint Louis; Billikens still access the very least title share
Jim Crews did not seem to mind Saint Louis backing into a share of its second straight Atlantic 10 title and the front runner in the seminar tournament.
"Hello, we play for championships, so I'm delighted," the coach of the 17th-ranked Billikens after a 72-67 loss to Dayton in the home ending Wednesday night. "Our youngsters provided it great initiative.
"It's a long season. For them to win back-to-back championships, that's rather remarkable.".
Long faces during a subtle postgame event for the 5 elderly starters, with Teams doing most of the speaking, revealed the injured. The Billikens (25-5, 12-3 Atlantic 10) broke the Leading 10 for the first time given that 1964-65 a couple of weeks ago but now have actually lost 3 straight for the first time given that February 2011.
"Not the way we wanted to reach that factor," onward Dwayne Evans shared. "We merely didn't play well enough to succeed, but I presume that's good going forward.".
Reserve Jalen Robinson racked up all 10 of his factors in the second half, including two vital 3-pointers in the put-away run, to crucial Dayton's upset.
"We're not stressed over the bubble," Flyers teacher Archie Miller stated. "I think the wonderful thing about this team is we have actually gotten rid of all the noise.".
The Billikens secured a minimum of an association for the title with regarding 2 mins staying when George Washington wrapped up a 76-71 victory over Saint Joseph's.
Jordan Sibert had 14 factors, featuring 3 3-pointers, for the Flyers (21-9, 9-6), while Dyshawn Pierre had 11 factors and Devin Oliver had 9 points and nine rebounds.
Oliver, an elderly, called it an occupation emphasize.
"I would certainly say so," he claimed. "Simply the ramifications going into the end of the period and whatever else we have to do, it's definitely the biggest gain.".
Dayton was perfect at the charity line in the 2nd one-half, going 11-for-11, while Saint Louis was 8-for-15.
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Saint Louis gained a school-record 19 straight before getting distressed by Duquesne last week in your home and afterwards lost at VCU on Saturday.
"We're obtaining every team's best shot," Evans said. "We understand we need to choose it up and get after it, but I would not claim it's a depression whatsoever.".
Evans had 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Mike McCall Jr. included 10 points for Saint Louis, which finishes up the regular season Sunday at Massachusetts.
"Wow, yeah, we certainly should acquire a win and build some momentum," Evans claimed. "We still have a possibility to gain the seminar outright, which's been our goal all season.".
Jordair Jett, which had actually been averaging 17.6 factors each game busy play, was held to nine factors while prevented by a knee injury that kept him off the court for a few minutes in the first fifty percent.
"I didn't assume he was up to full speed," Crews claimed.
Dayton began celebrating its 2nd success over a Top 25 group near the end of a 16-2 run that made it 67-59 lead with 3:38 to play. Robinson had 2 3-pointers, Siebert had 5 points and Oliver topped the keep up a three-point play.
Saint Louis cut the shortage to 68-67 when Evans scored in the street with 33 seconds to go. Khari Rate and Sibert were 4-for-4 at the free throw line the rest of the way, and Loe missed a 3-pointer with a chance to link it with 18 seconds left.
This was Dayton's 2nd sway a rated group this period. The Flyers defeated then-No. 11 Gonzaga in the Maui Invitational in November.
Saint Louis was 5-for-10 from 3-point assortment after Jake Barnett hooked up in the opening minute of the second half for a 42-32 lead-- the largest of the game. However the Billikens made only one of their last 12 from far away.
The college band played the New Zealand nationwide anthem for Loe, that then scored the first 5 factors of the game in the opening min. He's part of the school's all-time winningest class with 91 success.
