RICHMOND, Va. (Interstat) — The Dayton Flyers built a strong first-half lead and withstood a late push to defeat the Richmond Spiders 65-60 in an Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at Robins Center.

Dayton led 40-32 at halftime behind a balanced attack. De’Shayne Montgomery led the Flyers with 15 points. Jordan Derkack and Amael L’Etang each added 13 points for Dayton, which improved to 21-8.

Richmond’s AJ Lopez scored a game-high 15 points. Mike Walz added 10 points for the Spiders, who fell to 15-15. A crowd of 4,658 saw Richmond close the gap in the second half but ultimately fall short.