Maryland-Baltimore County 71, at Dayton 77

DAYTON, Ohio (Interstat) — In a game that was far closer than the oddsmakers predicted, the Dayton Flyers held off a persistent challenge from the Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers to secure a 77-71 victory in a non-conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at a raucous University of Dayton Arena. A crowd of 13,407 watched as the Flyers improved to 2-0 on the young season, while the Retrievers evened their record at 1-1. Dayton entered the contest as a heavy favorite, projected by statistical models with a near 99 percent chance to win and installed as a 23.5-point favorite, but UMBC refused… Read more...