dribble and a travel called. brian gregory didn't like that call. neither did derek dukes >> derek: mike, i played this game a long time and i can tell you that's not a travel. that's not bias. i may be a former ud player but that move has been made a thousand times >> mike: coach agrees with you >> derek: that's not a travel. >> mike: into the game for the first time for old dominion is chris cooper. flyers lead 14-12. eeld dominion with the ball. these are teams off to a stellar start here, offensively. de lancey, finney up top. scoops and misses badly. looks ball bounced around. they're going to get the foul on cooper. chris cooper just was trying to get out of the way, poked the ball away and they get him for

the foul. that's the fifth team foul. take a look at t wild shot thrown up >> derek: a little circus shot by finney. chris wright comes up with the rebound and get fouled by cooper >> mike: back to live action. mickey perry with the ball, into the teeth of that zone. perry uptop, penetrates. paul williams for three. way off with it. old dominion with the rebound. monarchs will try a three, rim it out, offensive rebound and a foul. >> derek: again, mike, we talked about this on the onset, winning the battle of the board. these monarchs are releaptless on the offensive back board. they need to get a body when the shot goes up. you have to hit your man in the legs and box him out, otherwise, the mop narcs team will be all over the rim

tonight. >> mike: flyers pick up their fifth team foul. five on teach i'm. de lancey each team. de lancey will bring it out. 21 left on the shot clock. here comes gerald lee back into the monarchs line-up >> derek: if you are brian gregory, you are worried because the monarchs continue to get into the lane with relative ease. lee may have gotten away with an extra step there. chris job son guarding de lancey and that's just dropped. joe di maio evened it a little bit. de lancey takes a seat over by blaine taylor. 14-12 our score. we have not had a lot of offense yet tonight. dayton having a tough time with

the old dominion zone there is another travel. chris is really getting nervous when he gets the ball. they are rafaely closing in -- really closing in on him >> derek: they know he likes to catch the ball at the top of the key. as soon as he catches that ball, they clog the lane and are shutting down all the lanes to the basket. >> reporter: flyers with 10 turnovers the first minutes of the ballgame. uptop is darius james. going down against chris wright, big cut, cut off there, bringing it back outside. 15 left on the shot clock for the monarchs. down low again. misses again. the rebound, battled for it and the flyers able to run it down. here is mickey perry, not much in the way of numbers here. mickey looking for help, cross court into the corner, paul williams brings it back

outside. merry misses. chris johnson kept it alive but old dominion get the ball now down into the corner. loose on the floor, out of bounds. it will be dayton basketball when we come back. 7:09 left to play in the first half. 14-12, flyers on top. we'll be right back.

>> mike: 14-12 is the score. not a lot of offense. 7 chp 09 to play in the first half. let's take a look at the remaining schedule here and actually going into the new year as well. daytop at presbyterian and and latchian state, boston university. they'll open the new year at new mexico. our next televised game is when ball state comes in on january 5th. for old dominion, they are at georgetown. they have charlotte and duquesne, a couple of other atlantic 10 teams and at george mason in a big colonial athletic association game there. shooting 55% from the into, not getting a lot of shots >> derek: not getting a lot of shots. they have only taken 11 shots >> mike: moore on the dribble. to johnson for three. that might get the lid off >> derek: that might be the best offensive possession fort flyers all game.

able to really rotate the basketball, get this defense to move and find marcus johnson at the top of the key for the open three-point shot >> mike: flyers lead 17-12. james with the ball for old dominion. they have done a heck of a job on gerel lee. you can see him down low, quickly double team him there is an inside pass. we get a charge before the shot. no basket. a charge called and ben finney. let's take a look. finney picked up the charge >> derek: again, brian gregory, as coach, ectomy be pleased with monarchs continuing to get into the lane. >> mike: flyers lead 17-12. they've got the ball. london warren, directing traffic out front. still does not like where he's got his people >> derek: there is no movement in this offense. it is really not moving on offense.

they are passing the ball in the perimeter unlike the last possession where they rotated the ball. that's an ill advised shot by chris johnson. that's a shot that you can get at any time in the shot clock >> mike: chris johnson with the air paul. over searcy is gerald lee >> derek: gerald lee's first basket of the game. foul searcy, gerel lee picks up his first personal foul >> derek: devin just outran gerald lee in what we call the search run, where he outran lee to the middle of the court. >> here comes keyon carter back in for old dominion. devon is going to have free throws coming. that's 7 team fouls for old

dominion. searcy with 2 points so far tonight. he gets that one to go. flyers continue to shoot it much, much better from the free throw >> derek: they have really done a nice job improving their free throw shooting versus last year. they were up about 5 percentage points to about 68% and devon shooting over 70% from the charity stripe >> mike: gets them both and flyers go back to a five-point lead. 19-14, flyers in a full court press. it's just token pressure and mickey perry will bother darius james as he brings it across the timeline. james goes high post to gerald lee. lee gives it off to james, wide open. up and over marcus johnson. >> derek: that's the high post handoff that's been very effective for this old dominion team >> mike: almost another steal on a lazy pass. >> derek: again, we talked

about this monarch team, longer, taller, a veteran ball club. they understand the scheme on offense, what you are trying to accomplish on offense. they were able to get into the passing lane and create a lot of havoc. >> both teams keeping players moving off the bench. rob lowery in, london out. i will quadi iliadis, an australian player comes into the game and lee goes back on the bench. nice ball save. the defense is very reactive. >> yoo almost another steal shall slinging it aren't, marcus johnson off the glass, off the dribble and it doesn't go. old dominion the rebound. here come the monarchs on the run. carter, he got away with a shuffle. iliadis up top. gives it up to bazemore, 15-

footer, rattles home and that's a one-point game >> derek: bazemore, a nice- looking player able to come up with a nice shot. >> mike: lowery, speaking of floaters, takes it down the lane. that's what you need a little bit, the penetration to soften this thing up a little bit >> derek: we talked about, when you reverse the basketball, where is the soft? >> mike: james with the ball. we are 4 minutes left to play here in the first half. 3 didn't point flyers lead. james looking to tie it, can't do it. rebound marcus johnson. rob lowery pushing it up the court. that's mickey perry off the dribble. mickey perry gets fouled down on the baseline. hassell picks up his second personal foul. there's timeout on the floor. 3:45 left to play, first half.

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>> mike: exam week coming up for the flyers but they have an opportunity to have fun on the weekend. >> derek: the penetration down the lane. rob lowery caught the ball at the top of the key and was able

to find a seam in the defense. that's where the gap is against this zone, mike. they can really exploit that >> mike: i think you said it better a little bit earlier. flyers are not making them work in that zone. they are passing around the perimeter. that's not making old dominion do a whole lot defensively. that's what a zone defense wants you to do. just pass the ball around the perimeter. he had to force the move. that takes place with dribble penetration and ball fake. get him to move. ball fake on one side of the court. that will get the defense to move that will create some open shots. mickey perry gets his first point of the night at the free throw line. he will have one more. flyers up by four. misses that one. iliadis the rebound. old dominion trailing by 4. 3:40 left to play in the first half. keyon carter. down low. back in the game.

carter with a paul against chris wright. leaves it short and the rebound to rob lowery. lowery starting to play a few more minutes. almost goes down. up top, swinging in the corner, marcus for 3. not there. loose ball situation. that's going to be a jump ball and it's going to be old dominion as gerald lee had the rebound ant flyers jumped in and put a hand on ti. i the ball was reversed and that created an open jump shot. daytop could not come up with the rebound but chris wright able to keep the play live and keep a hand in there. >> mike: all he needs it one hand for a jump ball. doesn't have to be two. fouled by mickey perry. that's 6 on dayton >> derek: mickey perry with the on just foul. you can't impede the progress of the offensive player. >> reporter: chris job johnson

in the line-up -- chris johnson in the line-up. old toeold dominion in bounding. that's gerald lee with the ball. flyers doing a nice job on him defensively. wide open >> derek: that's the thing about lee. he is accustomed to being double teamed. great find, great interior passing by the big man >> mike: flyers lead down to 20 again. you see the ball slip on one side of the court to the other. the gap began in the middle of the court. they were able to find chris wright >> mike: timeout, old dominion. we'll keep it right here, 30- second timeout. rob lowery will come out and

chris johnson will go back in i. happy to have rob back. rob has this bit of a swagger that he carries. he plays with a loot more confidence when you have rob lowery in the line-up versus not being in the line-up. last year, rob lowery, before his injury, he was 23-2 when he was in the line-up. without him in the line-up, dayton 2-6. he is a difference maker for this team as we take a look at luke fabrizius. he is out of the game with a sprained knee. with rob getting back and getting more minutes, that's a good thing when you have a guy going down like that. that's nice to see a smile on the face of luke fabrizius.

and one thing is that rob lowery is an offensive threat, key offensive threat. that's why it's key to have him back. >> reporter: old dough men onwith the ball and gerald lee rams one home. he has four >> derek: this is what makes gerald lee so effective and why he sticks out as the pre-season conference of the year. going back to gerald lee. he realizes that he is being double teamed down on the low post owe he stems off the block and knocked down the mid-range jump shot. not many 6'10" guys that can get back on knock down that jump shot. >> mike: an air ball, no good, another offensive rebound, down the lane, inside, lee get checked from behind. get that junk out of here and there is going to be a foul

called on it the flyers. that blocked shot by chris wright bought to you by 1-800- got jumped. chris johnson will go to the line. finney, 43% free throw shooter. old dominion 3 out of 5 from the free throw line so far tonight. he hems the flyers keep the lead. >> derek: old dominion monarchs will start it go to work on the offensive board. >> mike: another missed free throw and the flyers get the rebound. off the ball, no good, the foul. paul williams got behind the defense, got them off guard. and finney picks up the

permanent foul. he has got two >> derek: when we talked about one of the keys to the game was transition for the flyers. why that's so important, if you can score basket before this defense can set up, chances are a lot higher. this is one of the best defensive teams in the country, the monarchs are, shooting 82% from the field. >> mike: free throw missed, he will have one more. chris cooper back in the game along with neely, masharee neely. it's interesting to see old dominion's defense as goose as the flyers >> derek: they are. they don't come off the bench with young players so they don't do very much when they make the substitution >> mike: 25-22, dayton on top. a minute and a half left to play. london warren all over de lancey. >> derek: this is the high post offense. they can't get the open shot.

they are look for the low block >> mike: they defended that first option re well. >> mike: 10 seconds left. bazemore, hits the back board, offensive rebound. basket and the foul. keyon carter gets the offensive glass. kurt huelsman fouls him >> derek: we talked about the mop narcs' ability to rebound the ball on the offensive board. another offensive rebound by cooper. he not only get the rebound, he is able to pick up the bucket and the foul. he will look to complete the traditional three-point play. paul williams goes out. mark just johnson back in >> derek: the thing to keep an eye on in this game is offensive rebound. right now, the monarchs have seven offensive rebounds. when they have 14 or more offensive rebounds, they are

undefeated. that's a statistic to keep an eye on tonight >> mike: all tied at 25 as keyon carter completes the three-point game and goes out of the game and gerel lee comes back in for the monarchs. dealing with old dough men onzone defense. marcus johnson, coming off the dribble, chris johnson for 3. that one rims out and another rebound for old dominion, this time a defensive board. 43 seconds left to play. we are tied at 25. bazemore with the ball, off the dribble, kicks it down low. darius james is going to bring it back out and set it up. a 10-second difference between the game clock and shot clock. shot clock at 16 now. chris johnson, chris wright guarding darius james. up top, neely. 10 seconds left, down low. lee has it tripped by london warren. loose on the floor. it's tied up and it's going to be dayton ball on the alternating possession with 14

seconds left in the first half. so the flyers will likely get the last shot before intermission >> derek: great defensive possession by dayton. london warren did a nice job of coming down and providing some low post defense. he was able to come up with the strip and created this jump ball situation. of course, dayton will have possession >> mike: brian gregory wants a timeout. this is what the flyers do very well, offtimeouts. you are able to set up that set play in half court they have to bring it the length >> derek: yeah, cause a little bit of a thing for brian gregory, as you said, one of the begs in the business in execution out of timeout. you can rest assured that dayton will take a good look, more than anything, you have get an opportunity to -- i would not be surpriseed if i see a lot of man-to-man and zone. you will see a reverse high

pick on the he will dough and a flare to the wing for either chris job son or rob lowery. chris wright, chris johnson, rob lowery, mickey perry and did he have equip searcy >> derek: the flyers put in three of the their best shooters. eight seconds left. lowery >> derek: there is the high screen >> mike: in the corp e chris johnson, the high 3 ball is good at the buzzer. chris johnson nails the three and the flyers take the lead into the locker room. it's half time. dayton 28, old dominion 25. stay with us. we'll be right back.