Dayton slips past Duquesne
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Enoch Cheeks led Dayton with 19 points and Malachi Smith sealed the victory with a free throw with six seconds left as the Flyers knocked off Duquesne 77-76 on Saturday.
Cheeks had five rebounds and three steals for the Flyers (18-8, 8-5 Atlantic 10 Conference). Zed Key scored 18 points while going 6 of 7 and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Smith had 12 points and shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line.
Tre Dinkins finished with 21 points and two steals for the Dukes (10-15, 5-7). Matus Hronsky added 16 points for Duquesne. Jahsean Corbett also recorded 11 points and two steals.
Key made two free throws to give Dayton a five-point lead with 20 seconds remaining but Tre Dinkins hit a 3-pointer before Cam Crawford stole the ball from Smith and made a layup to make it 76-all with seven seconds remaining. Smith was fouled by Crawford and made the second of two free throws to cap the scoring.
Dinkins missed a potential winning 3-point shot at the buzzer.
Cheeks scored 12 points in the first half and Dayton went into halftime trailing 44-40. Key scored 12 points in the second half. Dayton outscored Duquesne by five points over the final half.