Dayton Flyers, Ohio (AP) Nate Santos had 24 points in Dayton's 86-62 victory against Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Saturday.
Santos shot 8 for 11 (6 for 6 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Flyers (8-2). Malachi Smith added 17 points while shooting 5 for 8 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line while they also had nine assists. Enoch Cheeks shot 5 for 7, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc to finish with 14 points.
Keith Higgins Jr. led the Mountain Hawks (3-6) in scoring, finishing with 24 points and nine rebounds. Joshua Ingram added nine points for Lehigh. Nasir Whitlock finished with nine points.
Dayton took the lead with 18:32 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 41-25 at halftime, with Smith racking up 10 points. Santos scored 15 points in the second half to help lead the way as Dayton went on to secure a victory, outscoring Lehigh by eight points in the second half.
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1st Half
LEH
Mountain Hawks
25
DAYT
Flyers
41
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
(Flyers gains possession)
19:45
Cam Gillus blocks Malachi Smith's two point layup
19:43
Hank Alvey defensive rebound
19:24
Hank Alvey misses two point jump shot
19:22
Javon Bennett defensive rebound
19:05
Zed Key misses two point layup
19:03
Keith Higgins Jr. defensive rebound
18:53
Cam Gillus misses three point jump shot
18:51
Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
18:32
+3
Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists)
0-3
18:13
Enoch Cheeks shooting foul (Hank Alvey draws the foul)
18:13
+1
Hank Alvey makes regular free throw 1 of 2
1-3
18:13
+1
Hank Alvey makes regular free throw 2 of 2
2-3
17:49
Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
17:47
Mountain Hawks defensive rebound
17:30
Hank Alvey misses two point layup
17:28
Nate Santos defensive rebound
17:21
+3
Malachi Smith makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)
2-6
17:03
Zed Key blocks Ben Knostman's two point layup
17:01
Malachi Smith defensive rebound
16:56
+3
Enoch Cheeks makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists)
2-9
16:34
Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses three point jump shot
16:32
Zed Key defensive rebound
16:22
Nate Santos misses two point layup
16:20
Cam Gillus defensive rebound
15:59
TV timeout
15:52
Keith Higgins Jr. misses two point jump shot
15:50
Posh Alexander defensive rebound
15:30
+2
Amaël L'Etang makes two point layup (Javon Bennett assists)
2-11
15:04
+2
Keith Higgins Jr. makes two point layup
4-11
15:04
Hamad Mousa shooting foul (Keith Higgins Jr. draws the foul)
15:04
Keith Higgins Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:04
Nate Santos defensive rebound
14:37
Tyler Whitney-Sidney shooting foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
14:37
+1
Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 1 of 2
4-12
14:37
+1
Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2
4-13
14:08
Jaiun Simon blocks Bube Momah's two point layup
14:06
Posh Alexander defensive rebound
13:59
+2
Amaël L'Etang makes two point layup (Malachi Smith assists)
4-15
13:38
+2
Bube Momah makes two point layup (Ben Knostman assists)
6-15
13:13
Bube Momah shooting foul (Posh Alexander draws the foul)
13:13
+1
Posh Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2
6-16
13:13
+1
Posh Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2
6-17
12:54
Ben Knostman misses three point jump shot
12:52
Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
12:28
Amaël L'Etang misses two point jump shot
12:26
Keith Higgins Jr. defensive rebound
12:18
+3
Keith Higgins Jr. makes three point jump shot (Ben Knostman assists)
9-17
11:48
+2
Amaël L'Etang makes two point layup (Malachi Smith assists)
9-19
11:29
Posh Alexander personal foul
11:29
TV timeout
11:09
Keith Higgins Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:07
Zed Key defensive rebound
10:54
+2
Zed Key makes two point layup
9-21
10:37
+2
Ben Knostman makes two point layup (Hank Alvey assists)
11-21
10:07
+2
Nate Santos makes two point layup (Posh Alexander assists)
11-23
10:07
Joshua Ingram shooting foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
10:07
Nate Santos misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:07
Joshua Ingram defensive rebound
9:47
Zed Key blocks Hank Alvey's two point layup
9:45
Posh Alexander defensive rebound
9:41
Keith Higgins Jr. shooting foul
9:41
+1
Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2
11-24
9:41
+1
Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2
11-25
9:27
Malachi Smith personal foul
9:18
Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses two point jump shot
9:16
Malachi Smith defensive rebound
9:11
Nate Santos turnover (out of bounds)
9:03
+2
Nasir Whitlock makes two point jump shot
13-25
8:39
+3
Malachi Smith makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)
13-28
8:12
+2
Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes two point layup
15-28
7:59
+2
Zed Key makes two point layup
15-30
7:39
Enoch Cheeks personal foul
7:39
TV timeout
7:19
Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses two point layup
7:17
Javon Bennett defensive rebound
6:49
Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
6:47
Tyler Whitney-Sidney defensive rebound
6:42
Isaac Jack personal foul
6:38
Nasir Whitlock misses three point jump shot
6:36
Posh Alexander defensive rebound
6:30
Posh Alexander misses two point layup
6:28
Mountain Hawks defensive rebound
6:08
+2
Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes two point jump shot (Tommy Conniff assists)
17-30
5:47
Posh Alexander misses three point jump shot
5:45
Tyler Whitney-Sidney defensive rebound
5:42
Nate Santos personal foul
5:42
Edouard Benoit misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:42
Hamad Mousa defensive rebound
5:24
Joshua Ingram shooting foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
5:24
+1
Nate Santos makes regular free throw 1 of 2
17-31
5:24
+1
Nate Santos makes regular free throw 2 of 2
17-32
5:14
Tommy Conniff turnover (lost ball)
4:56
+3
Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Posh Alexander assists)
