Kendall Pollard scored 17 points on Wednesday night, and Dayton — cheered on by the deafening home crowd — went on a closing run for a 56-55 win over Boise State in the First Four. The Flyers (26-8) will play sixth-seeded Providence on Fr🔯iday in Columbus, Ohio.
At one point during the secoജnd൲-half comeback, . Pierre grabbed the ball with one hand and his shorts with the other, quickly pulling them back up.
“Crazy play,” Dayton coach Arcꦬhie Millꦜer said. “Crazy.”
The Boise State cheerleaders 🐼certainly thought so:
Just as crazy: The Flyers trailed by as many as 12 points in t🅰he first half and by seven with 3:43 to go. Encouraged by the crowd of 12,592 — the largest for a First Four game — Dayton closed꧟ with a 10-2 run.
“They were electrifying,” senior guard Jordan Sibert, who hit the game-winning 3-pointer, said of theღ crowd. “I don’t think we would have w🤪on that game without them.”
It was the first time since 1987 that a school has played an NCAA Tournament game on its home court, an anomaly resulting from Dayto൩n hosting the First Four 🌟games.
With AP