DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – In the NCAA’s way of thinking, Dayton was technically the visiting team – on the scoreboard and in its blood-red road uniforms. The 12,592 screaming fans at University of Dayton Arena thought otherwise.
Kendall Pollard scored 17 points, and the Flyers used every bit of their home-court advantage on Wednesday night, rallying for a 56-55 win over Boise State in the First Four.
“They were given a really hard deal coming in here tonight,” Dayton coach Archie Miller said of Boise State.
Now the Flyers (26-8) get to stay in the Buckeye state – taking on sixth-seeded Providence on Friday in Columbus.
In the first game of the night, the three-pronged offense of Lucky Jones (21 points), Rodney Pryor (20) and Marcquise Reed (19) powered Robert Morris back from a 13-point second-half deficit to an 81-77 victory over North Florida.