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Santos' 17 lead Dayton over Rhode Island 85-77

AP
Feb 26, 2025

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) Nate Santos scored 17 points as Dayton beat Rhode Island 85-77 on Wednesday night.

Santos went 5 of 11 from the field (5 for 8 from 3-point range) for the Flyers (19-9, 9-6 Atlantic 10 Conference). Enoch Cheeks scored 15 points while going 4 of 9 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range, and 6 for 7 from the line and added eight rebounds and four steals. Malachi Smith had 15 points and shot 4 of 7 from the field and 7 for 7 from the line.

The Rams (17-10, 6-9) were led in scoring by Jaden House, who finished with 16 points and two steals. David Fuchs added 14 points and 11 rebounds for Rhode Island. David Green finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.

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1st Half
DAYT
Flyers
33
URI
Rams
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Amaël L'Etang vs. Javonte Brown (Rams gains possession)
19:41	+2	Javonte Brown makes two point layup (Sebastian Thomas assists)	0-2
19:23	+3	Amaël L'Etang makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	3-2
19:06		David Green misses three point jump shot
19:04		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
18:54	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point jump shot	5-2
18:46		Jaden House turnover (out of bounds)
18:33		Malachi Smith turnover (bad pass) (Javonte Brown steals)
18:23	+3	Jamarques Lawrence makes three point jump shot (David Green assists)	5-5
18:01	+3	Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists)	8-5
17:38	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	8-7
17:18		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
17:16		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
17:07		Sebastian Thomas misses two point jump shot
17:05		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
16:57		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
16:55		David Green defensive rebound
16:39	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	8-9
16:23		Malachi Smith misses three point jump shot
16:21		David Green defensive rebound
16:11		Sebastian Thomas misses two point layup
16:09		Javonte Brown offensive rebound
16:06	+2	Javonte Brown makes two point layup	8-11
15:55		Amaël L'Etang misses two point layup
15:53		Javon Bennett offensive rebound
15:47	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	10-11
15:42	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	10-13
15:42		TV timeout
15:25		Enoch Cheeks turnover (traveling)
15:13	+2	David Fuchs makes two point dunk (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	10-15
14:43		Jacob Conner misses two point jump shot
14:41		David Fuchs defensive rebound
14:28	+2	David Fuchs makes two point dunk (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	10-17
14:20	+2	Posh Alexander makes two point layup	12-17
13:58		David Green misses three point jump shot
13:56		Posh Alexander defensive rebound
13:49	+3	Enoch Cheeks makes three point jump shot (Jacob Conner assists)	15-17
13:19	+2	Sebastian Thomas makes two point layup	15-19
13:02		Enoch Cheeks misses two point layup
13:00		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
12:56		Enoch Cheeks personal foul
12:45		Drissa Traore misses three point jump shot
12:43		Zed Key defensive rebound
12:34		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
12:32		Jaiun Simon offensive rebound
12:24		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
12:22		David Fuchs defensive rebound
12:14		Zed Key shooting foul (David Fuchs draws the foul)
12:14		David Fuchs misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:14	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-20
12:01		Jaiun Simon turnover (lost ball)
11:40	+2	Sebastian Thomas makes two point layup	15-22
11:26		Jaiun Simon turnover (bad pass) (Sebastian Thomas steals)
11:21	+2	Sebastian Thomas makes two point layup	15-24
11:21		Javon Bennett shooting foul (Sebastian Thomas draws the foul)
11:21		TV timeout
11:21	+1	Sebastian Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 1	15-25
10:57		Malachi Smith misses three point jump shot
10:55		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
10:52		Quentin Diboundje personal foul
10:38	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	17-25
10:16		Enoch Cheeks blocks Quentin Diboundje's two point layup
10:14		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
10:09		Javon Bennett turnover (lost ball) (Drissa Traore steals)
9:52		David Green misses three point jump shot
9:50		David Fuchs offensive rebound
9:44		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
9:42		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
9:26		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul
9:14		Sebastian Thomas shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
9:14	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-25
9:14	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-25
9:00		Jaden House misses two point layup
8:58		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
8:50		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
8:48		Quentin Diboundje defensive rebound
8:47		Javon Bennett personal foul
8:28		Jaden House misses three point jump shot
8:26		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
8:21		Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot
8:19		Quentin Diboundje defensive rebound
8:09		David Fuchs offensive foul
8:09		David Fuchs turnover (offensive foul)
8:01		Quentin Diboundje shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
8:01	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-25
8:01	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-25
7:42		TV timeout
7:30		Rams turnover (shot clock violation)
7:12		Javonte Brown personal foul
7:02		Javonte Brown blocks Nate Santos's two point layup
7:00		Flyers offensive rebound
6:58	+3	Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Posh Alexander assists)	24-25
6:31		Zed Key blocks Cam Estevez's two point jump shot
6:29		Nate Santos defensive rebound
6:19		Posh Alexander misses two point layup
6:17		David Green defensive rebound
6:14		David Green misses two point layup
6:12		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
6:10		Zed Key offensive foul
6:10		Zed Key turnover (offensive foul)
5:48		Jacob Conner personal foul
5:39		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (bad pass) (Amaël L'Etang steals)
5:32		Enoch Cheeks turnover (traveling)
5:17		Sebastian Thomas misses two point layup
5:15		Posh Alexander defensive rebound
5:08	+3	Posh Alexander makes three point jump shot (Nate Santos assists)	27-25
4:49		Sebastian Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Amaël L'Etang steals)
4:33		Jacob Conner turnover (bad pass) (Sebastian Thomas steals)
4:18		Jaden House turnover (lost ball) (Jacob Conner steals)
4:16		David Green blocks Posh Alexander's two point layup
4:14		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
4:12		Sebastian Thomas misses three point jump shot
4:10		David Green offensive rebound
4:10		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (David Green draws the foul)
4:10	+1	David Green makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-26
4:10		David Green misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:10		Nate Santos defensive rebound
3:41	+2	Posh Alexander makes two point layup (Amaël L'Etang assists)	29-26
3:08	+2	David Green makes two point layup	29-28
3:08		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (David Green draws the foul)
3:08		TV timeout
3:08		David Green misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:08		Nate Santos defensive rebound
2:51	+2	Zed Key makes two point alley-oop dunk (Malachi Smith assists)	31-28
2:29		Jaden House misses three point jump shot
2:27		Malachi Smith defensive rebound
2:21		Jacob Conner misses three point jump shot
2:19		David Green defensive rebound
2:05		David Fuchs turnover (bad pass) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
1:45	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point layup (Enoch Cheeks assists)	33-28
1:16		David Green misses two point layup
1:16		David Fuchs offensive rebound
1:16	+2	David Fuchs makes two point layup	33-30
0:58		Enoch Cheeks misses two point jump shot
0:56		David Fuchs defensive rebound
0:47		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
0:45		Malachi Smith defensive rebound
0:11		Malachi Smith turnover (bad pass) (David Green steals)
0:04		Malachi Smith personal foul (Jaden House draws the foul)
0:04		Jaden House misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:04		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
DAYT
Flyers
52
URI
Rams
47

Time		Play	Score
19:42		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
19:40		Jamarques Lawrence defensive rebound
19:33	+2	Jamarques Lawrence makes two point layup	33-32
19:19		Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot
19:17		Amaël L'Etang offensive rebound
19:15		Javonte Brown shooting foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul)
19:15	+1	Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-32
19:15	+1	Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-32
19:00		Nate Santos personal foul
18:46		David Green misses two point layup
18:44		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
18:39		Enoch Cheeks turnover (lost ball) (Jamarques Lawrence steals)
18:16		David Green turnover (lost ball) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
18:08	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point layup	37-32
17:46		Sebastian Thomas misses two point layup
17:44		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
17:32		Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
17:30		David Green defensive rebound
17:20		Javon Bennett personal foul
17:10	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	37-34
16:46		David Green personal foul
16:39	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point layup	39-34
16:39		Sebastian Thomas shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
16:39	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-34
16:28		Javonte Brown offensive foul
16:28		Javonte Brown turnover (offensive foul)
16:19	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists)	43-34
16:06		Jaden House turnover (lost ball) (Javon Bennett steals)
16:04	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	45-34
16:04		Rams 30 second timeout
16:04		TV timeout
16:04		Malachi Smith technical foul
16:04	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes technical free throw 1 of 2	45-35
16:04	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes technical free throw 2 of 2	45-36
15:55		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
15:53		Jamarques Lawrence offensive rebound
15:48		Zed Key shooting foul
15:48		TV timeout
15:48	+1	Drissa Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-37
15:48		Drissa Traore misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:48		David Fuchs offensive rebound
15:38		Sebastian Thomas misses three point jump shot
15:36		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
15:24		Jaden House personal foul
15:14	+3	Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Posh Alexander assists)	48-37
15:00		Jacob Conner personal foul
14:46		Drissa Traore misses three point jump shot
14:44		David Fuchs offensive rebound
14:42		David Fuchs turnover (bad pass) (Jacob Conner steals)
14:40		Jaden House personal foul
14:31		Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot
14:29		Zed Key offensive rebound
14:28		David Fuchs personal foul (Zed Key draws the foul)
14:28	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-37
14:28	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-37
14:21		Jacob Conner personal foul
14:07	+2	David Green makes two point jump shot (Jamarques Lawrence assists)	50-39
13:48	+2	Zed Key makes two point hook shot	52-39
13:28		David Green turnover (lost ball) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
13:19	+3	Jacob Conner makes three point jump shot (Nate Santos assists)	55-39
13:05		Nate Santos shooting foul (Quentin Diboundje draws the foul)
13:05		Quentin Diboundje misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:05	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-40
12:48	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	57-40
12:48		Sebastian Thomas shooting foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
12:48		Javon Bennett misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:48		David Fuchs defensive rebound
12:35		David Fuchs turnover (lost ball)
12:20		Jaiun Simon turnover (traveling)
12:05	+2	David Fuchs makes two point dunk (Sebastian Thomas assists)	57-42
11:40	+2	Jacob Conner makes two point layup (Amaël L'Etang assists)	59-42
11:35		TV timeout
11:27		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (bad pass) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
11:18	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point layup	61-42
11:18		David Green shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
11:18	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-42
11:07	+2	David Green makes two point layup	62-44
11:07		Malachi Smith shooting foul (David Green draws the foul)
11:07	+1	David Green makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-45
10:53		Nate Santos misses two point layup
10:51		Malachi Smith offensive rebound
10:51		Sebastian Thomas shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
10:51	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-45
10:51	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-45
10:37	+2	David Green makes two point layup	64-47
10:19		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
10:17		David Green defensive rebound
10:10		David Green misses three point jump shot
10:08		Javonte Brown offensive rebound
10:03	+2	Javonte Brown makes two point layup	64-49
9:40		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
9:38		Quentin Diboundje defensive rebound
9:35		Nate Santos shooting foul (Quentin Diboundje draws the foul)
9:35	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-50
9:35	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-51
9:19		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
9:17		Jaden House defensive rebound
9:02		Jamarques Lawrence misses three point jump shot
9:00		Malachi Smith defensive rebound
8:55	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point layup (Malachi Smith assists)	66-51
8:48		Zed Key personal foul (Javonte Brown draws the foul)
8:48		Zed Key technical foul
8:48	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes technical free throw 1 of 2	66-52
8:48	+1	Jamarques Lawrence makes technical free throw 2 of 2	66-53
8:48	+1	Javonte Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-54
8:48	+1	Javonte Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 1	66-55
8:26		Jaden House personal foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
8:26	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-55
8:26	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-55
8:20	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	68-57
8:20		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Jaden House draws the foul)
8:20		Jaden House misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:20		David Green offensive rebound
8:18		David Green misses three point jump shot
8:16		Javonte Brown offensive rebound
8:13		Javonte Brown turnover (out of bounds)
7:51		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
7:49		David Green defensive rebound
7:36		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Jaden House draws the foul)
7:36		TV timeout
7:36	+1	Jaden House makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-58
7:36	+1	Jaden House makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-59
7:22		Posh Alexander turnover (lost ball) (Jaden House steals)
7:13		David Green misses three point jump shot
7:11		Flyers defensive rebound
6:55		David Green blocks Nate Santos's two point layup
6:53		David Green defensive rebound
6:49		David Green turnover (bad pass)
6:29		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
6:27		Jaiun Simon offensive rebound
6:24		Jaiun Simon turnover (lost ball) (Jaden House steals)
6:04		David Green turnover (lost ball) (Posh Alexander steals)
5:58		Posh Alexander turnover (bad pass)
5:39		Jaiun Simon shooting foul (David Fuchs draws the foul)
5:39		David Fuchs misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:39	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-60
5:21		Malachi Smith misses two point layup
5:19		David Fuchs defensive rebound
5:16		Jaiun Simon personal foul (David Fuchs draws the foul)
5:16	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-61
5:16	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-62
5:01	+3	Nate Santos makes three point jump shot	71-62
4:39	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	71-64
4:23		Jaden House shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
4:23	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-64
4:23		Enoch Cheeks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:23		Quentin Diboundje defensive rebound
4:11	+2	Sebastian Thomas makes two point layup	72-66
3:54	+3	Nate Santos makes three point jump shot (Malachi Smith assists)	75-66
3:34		Sebastian Thomas misses two point layup
3:32		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
3:32		David Fuchs personal foul
3:32		TV timeout
3:32	+1	Jaiun Simon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-66
3:32	+1	Jaiun Simon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-66
3:18	+2	Quentin Diboundje makes two point layup	77-68
3:18		Malachi Smith shooting foul (Quentin Diboundje draws the foul)
3:18		Quentin Diboundje misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:18		David Fuchs offensive rebound
3:05	+3	Sebastian Thomas makes three point jump shot	77-71
2:31		Sebastian Thomas shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
2:31	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-71
2:31	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-71
2:05		Jaden House misses three point jump shot
2:03		David Fuchs offensive rebound
2:03		Nate Santos personal foul (David Fuchs draws the foul)
2:03	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-72
2:03	+1	David Fuchs makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-73
1:40	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point layup	81-73
1:25	+2	Jaden House makes two point layup	81-75
1:22		Rams 30 second timeout
0:59		Javon Bennett turnover (traveling)
0:54		Jamarques Lawrence turnover (bad pass) (Nate Santos steals)
0:52		Jamarques Lawrence personal foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
0:52	+1	Nate Santos makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-75
0:52	+1	Nate Santos makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-75
0:41		Quentin Diboundje turnover (lost ball) (Malachi Smith steals)
0:32		Flyers 30 second timeout
0:15	+2	Amaël L'Etang makes two point dunk (Malachi Smith assists)	85-75
0:10	+2	David Green makes two point layup (David Fuchs assists)	85-77
0:00		End of period

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David Green makes two point layup (David Fuchs assists)