PHILADELPHIA – Three players scored in double figures as the Saint Joseph's men's basketball team came away with a signature win, downing the Dayton Flyers, 81-74, on Saturday afternoon.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Dasear Haskins, Jaiden Glover-Toscano and Derek Simpson all scored 20 in the game.
• For Haskins, it was a career-high.
• Simpson led SJU with nine assists.
• Austin Williford came away with four steals.
• Justice Ajogbor had four blocks in the game. He now has 227 in his career and is currently the active leader in blocked shots in Division I.
• The Hawks turned the ball over just 12 times against a Dayton team that entered play sixth nationally, forcing 16.6 opponent miscues per outing.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Flyers jumped out to an 11-3 lead at the first media timeout, connecting on a trio of three-pointers.
• UD maintained a six-to-eight-point advantage throughout the first half before a 12-3 run by SJU put the Hawks on top, 27-25, courtesy of a Simpson trey with 4:25 to go in the half.
• Dayton reclaimed the lead with a pair of free throws, but St. Joe's scored eight in a row, going up 35-29 with 2:13 remaining.
• The next run belonged to the Flyers, who scored seven in a row to take a 36-35 lead. With time winding down in the half, Saint Joseph's missed a pair of triples, but Ajogbor came away with offensive rebounds on both shots. Off the second one, Simpson found Haskins in the left corner where he buried a three-pointer, as time expired to send SJU into the locker room up 38-36.
• Opening the second half, Dayton knotted the score at 40-40. From there, the Hawks began to take control of the game, netting nine consecutive points, five by Glover-Toscano and four by Haskins. After a pair of UD buckets pulled the edge to four, SJU rallied with a 20-8 run, opening a 69-53 advantage with 6:28 left in the contest.
• St. Joe's would keep a double-digit edge through most of the remainder, until Dayton made one last push at the end, slicing the edge to 80-74. The Hawks were able to seal the contest, making 8-of-10 at the free throw line in the final 93 seconds.

 
UP NEXT
Saint Joseph's heads to the Windy City to face Loyola Chicago on Tuesday, January 28. Tipoff from Gentile Arena is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EST with the game to air on CBS Sports Network.