Dayton and N.C. State will meet for the first time since this game at 4 p.m. Thursday on the second day of the Battle 4 Atlantis. The Wolfpack lost 80-74 to No. 3 Kansas in the first round.
74 points: Dayton 41, Army 33 (Dec. 23, 1964)
Army played stall ball against a Dayton team that had averaged better than 80 points in its previous six games. Army led 19-18 at halftime. Don Donoher, in his first season as Dayton coach, switched to what he called a “zone offense” in the second half, and Dayton pulled ahead with eight minutes to play.
Hank Finkel led the Flyers with 13 points. Henry Burlong saved Dayton by scoring 11 of his 13 points in the last seven minutes.
75 points: Dayton 53, Roanoke 22 (Jan. 9, 1978)
The Dayton Daily News headline read, “Flyers yawn to victory.” Roanoke played a slow-down game, which coach Ed Green told everyone he was…
