L'Etang, Bennett lead Dayton past Davidson 69-63

Amaël L'Etang scored 13 points to lead the Dayton Flyers and Javon Bennett sealed the victory with a layup with 46 seconds remaining as the Flyers took down the Davidson Wildcats 69-63 on Tuesday night
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By The Associated Press
Feb 5, 2025
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Amael L'Etang scored 13 points to lead Dayton and Javon Bennett secured the victory with a layup with 46 seconds left as the Flyers defeated Davidson 69-63 on Tuesday night.

L'Etang added 13 rebounds for the Flyers (16-7, 6-4 Atlantic 10 Conference). Bennett scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Nate Santos had 13 points and went 6 of 14 from the field (1 for 4 from 3-point range).

Reed Bailey finished with 19 points, eight assists and three steals for the Wildcats (13-9, 3-6). Connor Kochera added 17 points, eight rebounds and two steals for Davidson. Bobby Durkin had 13 points and six rebounds.

Dayton went into the half leading Davidson 28-26. Santos scored nine points in the half. Bennett scored a team-high 11 points for Dayton in the second half, including their game-winner.

Up next for Dayton is a matchup Friday with VCU at home. Davidson hosts Richmond on Saturday.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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