DAYTON, Ohio — Javon Bennett and Zed Key every scored 15 factors as Dayton erased a 13-point deficit within the second and beat No. 6 Marquette 71-63 on Saturday night time.
Down by double-digits on the half, Bennett tied the sport with a layup and Key scored from the paint to provide Dayton its first lead, 55-53, with 7:02 left.
The Flyers outscored Marquette by 18 within the second half, taking pictures 55.6%. A 5-0 run within the final 1:15 sealed it for Dayton (9-2).
Nate Santos had 12 factors and 13 rebounds for the Flyers.
Chase Ross paced Marquette with 19 factors and Kam Jones had 18 because the Golden Eagles (9-2) misplaced for the second time in three video games.
The Flyers outrebounded Marquette 38-31 and capitalized on 21 second-chance factors, in contrast with Marquette’s 10.
Takeaways
Marquette: Jones hit a 3-pointer to place Marquette up by 13 in the beginning of the second half. However the Golden Eagles missed pictures and couldn’t maintain the lead because the Flyers surged. The Golden Eagles shot simply 35.7% within the second half.
Dayton: After going 2 for 13 from the sector within the first 10 minutes with three turnovers, the Flyers didn’t look notably good all through the primary half. However, they started clicking within the second half and took benefit of Marquette errors.
Key second
A layup by Marquette’s David Joplin reduce the Dayton result in 66-63 with 1:41, however Marquette couldn’t rating once more because the Flyers wrapped it up.
Key stat
Dayton scored 46 factors from within the paint, with Marquette getting solely 26.
Up subsequent
Marquette hosts Butler on Wednesday, whereas Dayton hosts UNLV on Tuesday.
