The University of Dayton Flyers improved to 2-0 on the young hoops campaign with a hard-fought 71-66 W over the Northwestern Wildcats.

HOF writer Hal McCoy has the details:

McCoy: UD Flyers Stage Two Comebacks

Jablo in The DDN has three takeaways from the victory:

Dayton basketball: Three takeaways from Flyers’ victory against Northwestern

Meanwhile, Arch had a post-game conversation with Enoch Cheeks:

Archdeacon: The one commandment Dayton’s Enoch Cheeks can’t keep

To say that it was a contest of two halves would be an understatement. One look at the boxscore tells the tale:

Men’s Basketball vs Northwestern on 11/9/2024 – Box Score – University of Dayton Athletics

UD shot a pedestrian 35% from the field in the first stanza; in the second twenty minutes, they doubled that, making 16-23 or 70%. More importantly, the Flyers forced 16 turnovers that led to 20 points for the good guys.

What drove the offense was the pressure defense applied by the Red and Chapel Blue that led to Wildcat stud Nick Martinelli coughing up 6 turnovers to go with his 32 points and 14 rebounds.

Jablo tweeted several key highlights:

The game thread on the Northwestern MB makes for interesting reading:

Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Dayton | Northwestern Wildcats fan forums – WildcatReport

As does the writeup from their vantage point:

Northwestern runs out of gas at Dayton despite Martinelli’s career night – WildcatReport: Northwestern Wildcats Football & Basketball Recruiting

These guys picked a good game to attend:

All in all, a very satisfying win over a Big Ten opponent.

That’s it “From the Swamp.”