North Texas @ Dayton preview

The depth of Dayton's prolific offense runs deep as the 12th-ranked Flyers host North Texas on Tuesday. Five different players have led Dayton in scoring over the last five games after Ibi Watson had 20 points in Saturday's 78-47 victory over Drake and it will try to keep it going against the Mean Green, who have not fared well against top competition this season.

“Anybody can have it going on any given night,” Dayton's Trey Landers told reporters. “That’s the thing we know about each other. Everybody's capable of doing something different. We all have different strengths. It didn’t surprise me Ibi came out hot like that.” The Flyers average 86.3 points - third nationally entering Monday - and led the country with 20.1 assists per game. North Texas hasn't played since a 76-53 victory over Little Rock on Dec. 7 behind 23 points from Umoja Gibson. The Mean Green are 0-4 this season versus teams from a major conference or clubs that were in the Top 25 at the time of the game with losses to No. 25 VCU and Oklahoma by a combined five points.

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ABOUT NORTH TEXAS (4-6): Gibson (team-high 15.8 points per game) is averaging 20.2 while shooting 43-for-85 from the floor - 24-for-50 from 3-point range - over his last six contests, raising his field goal percentage to 46.2. Javion Hamlet (8.7) is the next-highest scorer after totaling only two points but recording a career-high eight assists versus Little Rock, while Deng Geu (8.6) averages a team-most 6.6 rebounds. Zachary Simmons produces seven points and 6.1 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game and has made 57.4 percent of his 54 field goal attempts.

ABOUT DAYTON (8-1): Obi Toppin, a 6-9 sophomore forward, paces the club with 21.1 points and 8.2 rebounds, and leads a list of six players averaging at least 9.1 points. Jalen Crutcher (12.1 points, 5.8 assists) and Rodney Chatman (9.1, 4.3) are the top playmakers while Landers (10.7), Watson (10.3) and Ryan Mikesell (10.3) also average double-figure points. Landers had 12 points and 10 rebounds Saturday for his first double-double of the season while Chatman provided 10 points, seven boards and five assists.

TIP-INS

1. The Flyers are 13th in the Associated Press poll - their highest ranking there since being No. 6 in 1967.

2. The Mean Green score 64.6 points per game - 305th among the 350 Division I teams entering Monday - but have averaged 77.7 in their last three contests.

3. Dayton paces the country in two-point field-goal percentage at 65.6.

PREDICTION: Dayton 86, North Texas 64