Davis' jumper lifts Dayton over Miami (Ohio) 64-63

By foxsports
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Kyle Davis hit the winning jumper with 2.1 seconds left and Charles Cooke scored 21 points to help Dayton beat Miami (Ohio) 64-63 Tuesday night.

Davis finished with 12 points while Steve McElvene scored 10 with nine rebounds and four blocked shots for Dayton (9-2), which has won four of its last five.

Cooke hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Flyers up 62-56 with 3:19 to play. Miami scored seven straight to take a one-point lead with 1:35 left and neither team scored until Cooke found Davis for the winner.

Eric Washington, who led Miami (6-6) with 15 points and five assists, missed a potential winning 3 as time expired.

Dayton took its biggest lead, 52-41, on a jumper by John Crosby with 10:35 remaining but the Redhawks used a 15-4 run to make it 56-all before Cooke's 3s.