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Williams leads Flyers to victory
SAN JUAN — Sophomore sub Paul Williams scored seven points in the final 51 seconds, and Dayton finished the game on a 13-2 run to knock off Georgia Tech, 63-59, in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tip-off Classic here Thursday.
Trailing 57-50 and looking like they were headed for a certain defeat, the Flyers went on an 11-0 rampage to take a 61-57 lead with 32.8 seconds to go. Williams hit a 3-pointer to put the Flyers ahead and then made both ends of a one-and-one for the four-point spread.
Freshman sensation Derrick Favors had a rebound dunk with 17.9 seconds to go, and the Yellow Jackets fouled Williams again with 12.7 seconds left. He calmly swished both tosses.
Sophomore wing Chris Johnson had a game-high 19 points, and sophomore forward Luke Fabrizius added 12 on four 3-pointers.
The Flyers opened up a 37-27 lead with 17:30 left when Chris Wright made a steal, threw an outlet pass while sitting on his backside to London Warren, who flipped to Chris Johnson for a dunk.
But UD suffered four straight turnovers after that, and Georgia Tech cut the deficit ot 37-33.
The Flyers, who had led since the 14:50 mark of the first half, pushed the margin to 46-37 on a Luke Fabrizius 3-pointer with 12:10 to go. But they scored just one point on their next eight possessions.
The Yellow Jackets took a 49-47 lead on a 3-pointer by Brian Oliver with 7:45 left. And the Flyers continued to falter after that. They scored just three points in a span of about seven minutes and fell behind, 55-49. The deficit increased to 57-50 before UD’s comeback.
Chris Wright hit two free throws, Chris Johnson made a 3-pointer, and London Warren made one of two freebies to cut the deficit to 57-56.
Williams then hit the biggest 3-pointer of his career, swishing one from the deep corner for a 59-57 lead with 52 seconds to go — a 9-0 run by UD.
• The Flyers started two posts in Kurt Huelsman and Devin Searcy again, but Johnson was quick to come off the bench. He was sent in after just 2:02 of the first half and 1:24 of the second half.
• GT coach Paul Hewitt was frustrated with some traveling calls on his post players. And the officials were, actually, calling a tight game.
• UD sent out a Twitter (or is it a Tweet?) at halftime with a quote from Brian Gregory with his team leading, 31-22. “Have to keep them off the offensive glass and continue ball pressure on D.”
• Players from both teams had problems with the slick floor. “I think it’s so humid down here, when they push those mops, it’s just moisture on moisture instead of it being dry to soak it up,” an official said during a break.
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By 21
November 19, 2009 1:49 PM | Link to this
Great game UD, BCS Killers we are.. We are… UD
By coachy
November 19, 2009 1:52 PM | Link to this
WAY 2 many turnovers…poor play at point guard..when your point guard has no jump shot..the defense is able to colapse on the other four..with five players…it makes for a tough entry pass..and leads to TURNOVERS…however..a win is a win…
By Aaron
November 19, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this
@ 21, what does UD and this win have to do with the BCS?!?
By Tom Teall
November 19, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this
Bring on Villanova! Go UD!
By It's a Tweet
November 19, 2009 2:00 PM | Link to this
Twitter is the social networking site. A tweet is a message posted on Twitter. C’mon, Mr. Harris, you call yourself a journalist and you can’t get down basic terminology before posting it online? Isn’t the necessity of fact-checking one of the first things taught in journalism courses?
By XUBob
November 19, 2009 2:00 PM | Link to this
Congrats on a great win!
By sec 312
November 19, 2009 2:07 PM | Link to this
Dear Boss: sorry for wasting time watching the net and listening to WHIO…yeah baby what a great win! Aaron, #21 means we have beat a number of BCS schools over the last couple of years. Coachy, sorry man you must not have listened or watched the game London Warren HOUNDED their guards, and he did not turn it over Marcus did ( I bet he was sick) wow great win..we can beat ‘nova
By sec 312
November 19, 2009 2:10 PM | Link to this
Doug, have a umbrella drink on me…wish I was there partying with the UD fans
By JORDAN
November 19, 2009 2:11 PM | Link to this
Big win for the Flyers to start the season,this will be a quality win for sure down the stretch.
By Twitter Police?
November 19, 2009 2:12 PM | Link to this
Seriously? Correcting Twitter etiquette? No one cares about what you are doing every 5 minutes and especially the correct terminology to describe this idiotic action. The real story is how Dayton can win this game with poor play from Chris Wright - big game for the Flyers.
By Alan
November 19, 2009 2:13 PM | Link to this
Way to go UD!! They are for real! Two come from behind wins in 2 games against 2 good teams. So far, I am impressed. Great job BG. Keep it going Flyers!!
By BAC MAN
November 19, 2009 2:17 PM | Link to this
Looks Like Happy Hour Begins at 3 p.m. tomorrow for Flyer Fans!
By Aaron
November 19, 2009 2:17 PM | Link to this
Sec 312….BCS has absolutely nothing to do with college basketball. “Bowl Championship Series”. Has absolutely nothing to do with anything other than college football.
By Joe
November 19, 2009 2:20 PM | Link to this
Someone needs to tell Doug Harris that you don’t knock off a team that you are ranked higher than. UD is 18, Georgia Dreck was 21.
By Jim
November 19, 2009 2:22 PM | Link to this
The Flyers have found yet another way to win…with sophmores off the bench. The unexpected terrible production from MJ and CW is a rarity and one can only hope that they play with a chip in the next two games. So, so many turnovers. Oy vey!
By come on aaron
November 19, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this
since the inception of the BCS, the “power conference” schools are referred to as “BCS” schools, even when referring to basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. The guy was simply stating it was a win over such a school. (ACC, Big East, Big Ten,Big 12, etc…). i am pretty sure he knows this was a basketball game and the other 99 out of 100 average sports fans gets the reference WIDELY used to refer to such teams. Get over it. Nice win boys, bring on Nova…
By sec 312
November 19, 2009 2:30 PM | Link to this
thanks for getting my back “come on aaron”….geeeez EVERYBODY knows that that I guess except aaron
By Bobby G
November 19, 2009 2:40 PM | Link to this
Once again, the Flyers are going to make me crazy this season. Up by 10 and cruising, then they cave in on turnovers. But good win and way to hang in there guys. Bring on Nova!
By arniez
November 19, 2009 2:48 PM | Link to this
Hey Aaron, instead of posting your “factual” yet overly innocuous comments, why don’t you just go ahead and tweet them? Good game, Flyers! Keep it up. Also, Sec 312, I need to apologize to my boss… Thank God for the Plasma in the break room!!!
By basketballjones
November 19, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this
Disappearing against major opponents is Chris Wright’s most consistent skill. You people think he is destined for the NBA, he is not even the best player named Chris on this team. Great win for the Flyers. Onward and upward U.D.
By aaron. aaron, aaron
November 19, 2009 2:57 PM | Link to this
I guess you don’t want to refer to the power conferences as BCS schools when referring to sports other than basketball. Good for you. By the way, if you get upset over said referrence, you may not want to watch Fox Sports, ESPN/ABC, CBS sports, NBC broadcasts,read the sporting news or Sports Illustrated, not to mention any major newspaper’s sport’s section, or you are going to be busy correcting a lot of coaches, player, writers and fans for a long time. keep up the ggood work.
By Steve
November 19, 2009 3:17 PM | Link to this
The Flyers pull out a very important win over a ranked team and you guys are arguing over minutiae? Grow up and let it go.
By Aaron
November 19, 2009 3:20 PM | Link to this
@ aaron, aaron, aaron…I’m a CPA and this is slow season so I have all the time in the world to correct people. Completely irrelevant but ‘Nova will slaughter UD tomorrow. I’m out
By jerseyflyer
November 19, 2009 3:22 PM | Link to this
It’s been 8 months fellow posters since you last heard from Jerseyflyer(NCAA Tourney loss to Kansas). Very happy to report to all that I’ve crushed the cancer I had to fight from March till November. Today, I’m totally cancer free. “Never Give Up, Never Give In”.That motto pulled me through the most difficult time of my life. Proud as ever to be a FLYER. Greg’s team could have packed in today when they were down 7 late to GTech in PR.However, they refused to “Give Up or Give In”. Great win Flyer’s. NOVA next. This year’s squad looks special already and we’re still in November!