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Cheeks, Smith lead Dayton past Duquesne 77-76

AP
Feb 15, 2025

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Enoch Cheeks led Dayton with 19 points and Malachi Smith sealed the victory with a free throw with six seconds left as the Flyers knocked off Duquesne 77-76 on Saturday.

Cheeks had five rebounds and three steals for the Flyers (18-8, 8-5 Atlantic 10 Conference). Zed Key scored 18 points while going 6 of 7 and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Smith had 12 points and shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line.

Tre Dinkins finished with 21 points and two steals for the Dukes (10-15, 5-7). Matus Hronsky added 16 points for Duquesne. Jahsean Corbett also recorded 11 points and two steals.

Key made two free throws to five Dayton a five-point lead with 20 seconds remaining but Tre Dinkins hit a 3-pointer seven before Cam Crawford stole the ball from Smith and made a layup to make it 76-all with seven seconds remaining. Smith was fouled by Crawford and made the second of two free throws to cap the scoring.

Dinkins missed a potential winning 3-point shot at the buzzer.

Cheeks scored 12 points in the first half and Dayton went into halftime trailing 44-40. Key scored 12 points in the second half. Dayton outscored Duquesne by five points over the final half.

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Dayton next plays Friday against Loyola Chicago on the road, and Duquesne will host Fordham on Wednesday.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
DUQ
Dukes
44
DAYT
Flyers
40

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Eli Wilborn vs. Amaël L'Etang (Tre Dinkins III gains possession)
19:37	+2	Jakub Necas makes two point jump shot	2-0
19:15		Amaël L'Etang turnover (bad pass)
19:04		Jakub Necas turnover (lost ball) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
18:59		Enoch Cheeks turnover (bad pass) (Tre Dinkins III steals)
18:48		Cam Crawford misses three point jump shot
18:46		Matus Hronsky offensive rebound
18:43	+2	Matus Hronsky makes two point layup	4-0
18:23		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
18:21		Tre Dinkins III defensive rebound
18:15		Jakub Necas turnover (lost ball) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
18:11	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point driving layup (Enoch Cheeks assists)	4-2
17:59	+3	Matus Hronsky makes three point jump shot (Cam Crawford assists)	7-2
17:35	+3	Malachi Smith makes three point jump shot (Nate Santos assists)	7-5
17:12	+3	Matus Hronsky makes three point jump shot (Jakub Necas assists)	10-5
16:51	+2	Isaac Jack makes two point jump shot	10-7
16:32		Cam Crawford misses two point jump shot
16:30		Nate Santos defensive rebound
16:16	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point jump shot	10-9
15:46	+3	Matus Hronsky makes three point jump shot (Tre Dinkins III assists)	13-9
15:27		Enoch Cheeks misses two point jump shot
15:25		Jakub Necas defensive rebound
15:16		Cam Crawford turnover (lost ball) (Enoch Cheeks steals)
15:00	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	13-11
14:34		Matus Hronsky misses three point jump shot
14:32		Tre Dinkins III offensive rebound
14:28	+2	Tre Dinkins III makes two point layup	15-11
14:07	+3	Enoch Cheeks makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	15-14
13:44	+3	Cam Crawford makes three point jump shot (Jakub Necas assists)	18-14
13:32		Eli Wilborn personal foul (Isaac Jack draws the foul)
13:32		TV timeout
13:28		Jacob Conner misses two point jump shot
13:26		Kareem Rozier defensive rebound
13:11		Maximus Edwards misses three point jump shot
13:09		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
12:55		Kareem Rozier shooting foul (Posh Alexander draws the foul)
12:55	+1	Posh Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-15
12:55	+1	Posh Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-16
12:33		Zed Key shooting foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
12:33	+1	Jahsean Corbett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-16
12:33		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:33		David Dixon offensive rebound
12:24		Jaiun Simon blocks David Dixon's two point layup
12:22		Jacob Conner defensive rebound
12:16		Posh Alexander misses three point jump shot
12:14		Maximus Edwards defensive rebound
11:55		Jahsean Corbett turnover (lost ball) (Jacob Conner steals)
11:50	+2	Hamad Mousa makes two point driving layup	19-18
11:50		TV timeout
11:36		Kareem Rozier misses three point jump shot
11:34		David Dixon offensive rebound
11:30	+2	David Dixon makes two point putback dunk	21-18
11:20	+2	Zed Key makes two point alley-oop dunk (Posh Alexander assists)	21-20
10:46	+2	Tre Dinkins III makes two point stepback jump shot	23-20
10:20		Posh Alexander turnover (lost ball) (Jahsean Corbett steals)
10:15		Jahsean Corbett turnover (bad pass) (Posh Alexander steals)
10:11		Posh Alexander misses three point jump shot
10:09		Hamad Mousa offensive rebound
10:06		Kareem Rozier personal foul
9:53	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point driving layup	23-22
9:29	+2	Jahsean Corbett makes two point layup (Tre Dinkins III assists)	25-22
9:09		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
9:07		Jahsean Corbett defensive rebound
8:50	+3	Tre Dinkins III makes three point jump shot (Maximus Edwards assists)	28-22
8:24		David Dixon shooting foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul)
8:24		Amaël L'Etang misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:24	+1	Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-23
8:06	+3	Maximus Edwards makes three point jump shot (Jakub Necas assists)	31-23
7:39		Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
7:37		Jakub Necas defensive rebound
7:32		Nate Santos personal foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
7:32		TV timeout
7:12		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
7:10		Cam Crawford offensive rebound
7:10		Posh Alexander personal foul (Cam Crawford draws the foul)
6:59		Jaiun Simon shooting foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
6:59	+1	Jahsean Corbett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-23
6:59		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:59		Jaiun Simon defensive rebound
6:37		Hamad Mousa misses two point jump shot
6:35		Maximus Edwards defensive rebound
6:26	+3	Maximus Edwards makes three point jump shot (Tre Dinkins III assists)	35-23
6:07		Maximus Edwards personal foul (Hamad Mousa draws the foul)
5:59		Enoch Cheeks misses two point jump shot
5:57		Zed Key offensive rebound
5:54		Zed Key misses two point layup
5:52		Nate Santos offensive rebound
5:49	+2	Jacob Conner makes two point jump shot	35-25
5:21		Cam Crawford misses three point jump shot
5:19		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
5:15	+3	Jacob Conner makes three point jump shot (Posh Alexander assists)	35-28
4:58		David Dixon turnover (traveling)
4:58		Dukes 30 second timeout
4:35		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
4:33		Maximus Edwards defensive rebound
4:18		David Dixon misses two point layup
4:16		Jakub Necas offensive rebound
4:16		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Jakub Necas draws the foul)
4:16		Jakub Necas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:16	+1	Jakub Necas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-28
3:58		Posh Alexander turnover (bad pass) (Tre Dinkins III steals)
3:49		David Dixon turnover (lost ball) (Nate Santos steals)
3:44	+2	Nate Santos makes two point driving layup	36-30
3:44		David Dixon shooting foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
3:44		TV timeout
3:44	+1	Nate Santos makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-31
3:37		Cam Crawford misses two point driving layup
3:35		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
3:23		Eli Wilborn shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
3:23		Enoch Cheeks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:23	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-32
3:06		Cam Crawford misses two point jump shot
3:04		Eli Wilborn offensive rebound
2:50		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Matus Hronsky draws the foul)
2:50	+1	Matus Hronsky makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-32
2:50	+1	Matus Hronsky makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-32
2:28		Enoch Cheeks misses three point jump shot
2:26		Jakub Necas defensive rebound
2:19	+2	Jakub Necas makes two point layup	40-32
1:48		Malachi Smith misses two point layup
1:46		Zed Key offensive rebound
1:46		Matus Hronsky shooting foul (Zed Key draws the foul)
1:46	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-33
1:46	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-34
1:24		Matus Hronsky misses two point jump shot
1:22		Jahsean Corbett offensive rebound
1:18	+2	Jahsean Corbett makes two point tip layup	42-34
1:00		Matus Hronsky personal foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
1:00	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-35
1:00	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-36
0:58		Tre Dinkins III turnover (lost ball) (Malachi Smith steals)
0:56		Jahsean Corbett shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
0:56	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-37
0:56	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-38
0:35	+2	Tre Dinkins III makes two point jump shot	44-38
0:11		Nate Santos misses three point jump shot
0:09		Zed Key offensive rebound
0:04	+2	Zed Key makes two point dunk	44-40
0:00		Kareem Rozier misses two point jump shot
0:00		Zed Key defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
DUQ
Dukes
32
DAYT
Flyers
37

Time		Play	Score
19:38	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point turnaround jump shot	44-42
19:10		Amaël L'Etang blocks Jakub Necas's two point jump shot
19:08		Dukes offensive rebound
19:05		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
19:03		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
18:52		Matus Hronsky shooting foul (Amaël L'Etang draws the foul)
18:52		Amaël L'Etang misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:52	+1	Amaël L'Etang makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-43
18:25	+2	Jakub Necas makes two point driving layup	46-43
18:06		Amaël L'Etang misses three point jump shot
18:04		Matus Hronsky defensive rebound
17:55		Tre Dinkins III misses two point fadeaway jump shot
17:53		Amaël L'Etang defensive rebound
17:45	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point alley-oop layup (Malachi Smith assists)	46-45
17:35		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
17:33		Flyers defensive rebound
17:21		Eli Wilborn blocks Javon Bennett's two point layup
17:19		Tre Dinkins III defensive rebound
17:15		Tre Dinkins III turnover (lost ball) (Javon Bennett steals)
17:08	+2	Isaac Jack makes two point dunk (Javon Bennett assists)	46-47
17:03		Javon Bennett blocks Cam Crawford's three point jump shot
17:01		Dukes offensive rebound
17:01		Dukes 30 second timeout
17:01		TV timeout
16:55		Cam Crawford turnover (bad pass) (Javon Bennett steals)
16:53		Jakub Necas shooting foul (Javon Bennett draws the foul)
16:53		Javon Bennett misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:53	+1	Javon Bennett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-48
16:37		Cam Crawford turnover (bad pass) (Javon Bennett steals)
16:21		Nate Santos misses two point jump shot
16:19		David Dixon defensive rebound
16:19		Isaac Jack personal foul
15:53		Malachi Smith shooting foul (Kareem Rozier draws the foul)
15:53		TV timeout
15:53		Kareem Rozier misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:53	+1	Kareem Rozier makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-48
15:30		Jacob Conner turnover (bad pass)
15:29		Matus Hronsky turnover (bad pass)
15:27		Jacob Conner misses three point jump shot
15:25		Zed Key offensive rebound
15:22	+2	Zed Key makes two point layup	47-50
15:22		Maximus Edwards shooting foul (Zed Key draws the foul)
15:22	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-51
15:02		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
15:00		Jacob Conner defensive rebound
14:50		David Dixon blocks Posh Alexander's two point driving layup
14:48		Flyers offensive rebound
14:32		Posh Alexander misses three point jump shot
14:30		Dukes defensive rebound
14:06	+3	Matus Hronsky makes three point jump shot (Kareem Rozier assists)	50-51
13:35		Jacob Conner turnover (lost ball)
13:16		Zed Key shooting foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
13:16		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:16		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:16		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
12:55		Malachi Smith misses two point jump shot
12:53		David Dixon defensive rebound
12:26		Tre Dinkins III misses three point jump shot
12:24		Nate Santos defensive rebound
12:12		David Dixon shooting foul (Isaac Jack draws the foul)
12:12		Isaac Jack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:12		Isaac Jack misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:12		Enoch Cheeks offensive rebound
11:58		Javon Bennett turnover (bad pass) (Kareem Rozier steals)
11:53	+2	Jahsean Corbett makes two point running dunk (Kareem Rozier assists)	52-51
11:29	+2	Isaac Jack makes two point cutting dunk (Malachi Smith assists)	52-53
10:59	+2	Jahsean Corbett makes two point jump shot	54-53
10:22	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point jump shot	54-55
10:03	+3	Tre Dinkins III makes three point jump shot	57-55
9:38		Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
9:36		Eli Wilborn defensive rebound
9:36		Isaac Jack personal foul
9:36		TV timeout
9:08		Kareem Rozier misses three point jump shot
9:06		Jahsean Corbett offensive rebound
9:03	+2	Eli Wilborn makes two point dunk (Jahsean Corbett assists)	59-55
9:03		Amaël L'Etang shooting foul (Eli Wilborn draws the foul)
9:03	+1	Eli Wilborn makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-55
8:40		Eli Wilborn shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
8:40	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-56
8:40	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-57
8:36		Amaël L'Etang personal foul
8:19	+2	Tre Dinkins III makes two point layup	62-57
7:57		Jahsean Corbett personal foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
7:57		TV timeout
7:40		Posh Alexander misses two point layup
7:38		Zed Key offensive rebound
7:34	+2	Zed Key makes two point tip layup	62-59
7:18		Zed Key personal foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
7:18	+1	Jahsean Corbett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-59
7:18		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:18		Dukes offensive rebound
7:00		Enoch Cheeks shooting foul (Tre Dinkins III draws the foul)
7:00	+1	Tre Dinkins III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-59
7:00	+1	Tre Dinkins III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-59
6:52	+2	Zed Key makes two point layup (Nate Santos assists)	65-61
6:52		Jakub Necas shooting foul (Zed Key draws the foul)
6:52	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-62
6:22		Tre Dinkins III misses three point jump shot
6:20		Posh Alexander defensive rebound
6:09		David Dixon shooting foul (Enoch Cheeks draws the foul)
6:09		Enoch Cheeks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:09	+1	Enoch Cheeks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-63
5:49		Maximus Edwards misses three point jump shot
5:47		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
5:40	+2	Enoch Cheeks makes two point driving layup	65-65
5:10	+2	Tre Dinkins III makes two point driving layup	67-65
4:40		Jahsean Corbett shooting foul (Nate Santos draws the foul)
4:40	+1	Nate Santos makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-66
4:40		Nate Santos misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:40		Jahsean Corbett defensive rebound
4:18		Posh Alexander personal foul (Jahsean Corbett draws the foul)
4:18		Jahsean Corbett misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:18		Isaac Jack defensive rebound
3:57		Enoch Cheeks turnover (bad pass) (Jahsean Corbett steals)
3:51		Tre Dinkins III misses three point jump shot
3:49		Nate Santos defensive rebound
3:42		Nate Santos misses two point driving layup
3:42		Jakub Necas defensive rebound
3:42		Isaac Jack personal foul (Jakub Necas draws the foul)
3:42		TV timeout
3:42	+1	Jakub Necas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-66
3:42	+1	Jakub Necas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-66
3:24	+2	Zed Key makes two point alley-oop dunk (Malachi Smith assists)	69-68
2:54		Tre Dinkins III turnover (traveling)
2:37	+2	Malachi Smith makes two point layup	69-70
2:05		Jahsean Corbett misses two point layup
2:03		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
1:41	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point stepback jump shot	69-72
1:29		Dukes 30 second timeout
1:16		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
1:14		Javon Bennett defensive rebound
0:52		Jakub Necas shooting foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
0:52	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-73
0:52	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-74
0:52		Flyers 30 second timeout
0:31		Jakub Necas misses three point jump shot
0:29		Maximus Edwards offensive rebound
0:28		Nate Santos shooting foul (Maximus Edwards draws the foul)
0:28	+1	Maximus Edwards makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-74
0:28	+1	Maximus Edwards makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-74
0:28		Flyers 30 second timeout
0:27		Malachi Smith turnover (out of bounds)
0:21		Jakub Necas turnover (lost ball) (Zed Key steals)
0:20		Jakub Necas personal foul (Zed Key draws the foul)
0:20	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-75
0:20	+1	Zed Key makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-76
0:14	+3	Tre Dinkins III makes three point jump shot	74-76
0:13		Dukes 60 second timeout
0:08		Malachi Smith turnover (bad pass) (Cam Crawford steals)
0:07	+2	Cam Crawford makes two point layup (Kareem Rozier assists)	76-76
0:06		Cam Crawford personal foul (Malachi Smith draws the foul)
0:06		Malachi Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:06	+1	Malachi Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-77
0:01		Tre Dinkins III misses three point jump shot
0:00		Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Enoch Cheeks defensive rebound