Dayton Flyers vs Saint Mary's Gaels Box Score on Dec 08, 2019

Jalen Crutcher scored 21 points and Obi Toppin added 16 to lead No. 19 Dayton to a 78-68 win over Saint Mary's on Sunday in the Air Force Reserve Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix.

Crutcher scored 19 first-half points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range. He cooled off in the second half and finished 7-for-13 from the field but also recorded six assists.

Trey Landers was clutch down the stretch for the Flyers (7-1) and finished with 15 points and eight rebounds.

Malik Fitts led the Gaels (9-2) with 21 points and eight rebounds before fouling out. Kristers Zoriks chipped in with 14 points and Jordan Ford finished with 11.

An early 10-0 run gave the Flyers a nine-point lead with Crutcher's 3-pointer making it 13-4. A layup by Matthias Tass pulled Saint Mary's within seven, but that would be as close as the Gaels would get the rest of the game.

A 3-pointer from Toppin from the left wing and a Crutcher layup pushed the Dayton advantage to 12. Three straight 3-pointers, two by Crutcher and one by Landers extended the Flyers' advantage to 35-18 with 4:48 left to go in the half.

Dayton took a 46-25 lead into intermission.

Saint Mary's came out in the second half and outscored Dayton 23-12 to trim the deficit to 58-48 on a 3-pointer by Fitts with 11:32 to go.

But Dayton answered with an 11-2 run to go back up by 69-50 on a Toppin dunk off a missed shot by Crutcher.

The Gaels had one last run and trailed just 72-63 with a little more than two minutes left in the game after Ford scored four straight points.

Zoriks' 3 after two free throws by Dayton's Landers made the score 74-66. Landers answered with a layup to ice the win for Dayton.

--Field Level Media