No. 11 seed Dayton stunned No. 3 seed Syracuse on Saturday night to progress to the Sweet 16, 55-53. Tyler Ennis led the Orange offensively, scoring 19 points. C.J. Fair scored 14 points and Michael Gbinije added eight points off the bench to end Syracuse’s season for the year.
On SNY’s GEICO SportsNite, Jeane Coakley talks one-on-one with CJ Fair about the good start to the Tournament for Syracuse and the matchup with Dayton.
Dayton’s NCAA hopes seemed bleak at the start of conference play when Dayton slumped to a 1-5 start. But the Flyers had a strong close to the season, winning 10 of its last 12.
Cooney scored 18 points, fellow guard Tyler Ennis had 16, and the Orange defense clamped down in a 77-53 victory over Western Michigan on Thursday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Syracuse will face Dayton in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Dayton defeated Ohio State in the earlier matchup after Vee Sanford’s shot with less than four seconds left put the Flyers up 60-59.