DAYTON, Ohio — Jerrod Calhoun earned the 300th win of his career Saturday as Cincinnati beat Dayton 95-72.
Cincinnati improved to 3-1 in Calhoun’s first season with the Bearcats, and Dayton fell to 1-3. Riley Allenspach led Cincinnati with 20 points, Tyler Tejada added 16, and Elijah Perryman and MJ Collins Jr. scored 12 each.
The Bearcats were coming off a loss to Minnesota.
“We had to really, really correct a lot of things offensively over the last 48 hours,” Calhoun said in his postgame news conference.
Bearcats Answered Dayton’s Push
Cincinnati shot 20 of 31 from the field and 8 of 13 from 3-point range in the first half to lead 52-34.
Dayton cut the deficit to 61-53 with 12:29 left before Cincinnati scored seven straight points, capped by Akai Fleming’s and-1 at 11:28 that made it 68-53.
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