DAYTON, Ohio _ The No. 7 Dayton Flyers, playing their first game as a top-10 team since 1967, lived up their lofty ranking with an 86-60 victory against St. Bonaventure on Wednesday.
Dayton (17-2, 6-0) won its eighth straight game and stands alone in first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference because Duquesne lost to Rhode Island, 77-55.
Jalen Crutcher scored 23 points and had seven assists for Dayton. It was his third straight 20-point game. He had not scored 20 in back-to-back games in his career before this streak.
Obi Toppin scored 18 points, Ibi Watson had 12, Ryan Mikesell and Trey Landers each added 10 points and Rodney Chatman scored eight.
Dayton shot 64.8% from the field and 40% (10 of 25) from 3-point range. Dayton had 25 assists to St. Bonaventure's seven.
The Bonnies (12-7, 4-2) suffered their second straight lopsided loss. They lost 91-63 at Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday.
Dayton outscored St. Bonaventure 17-3 in the last four minutes, 16 seconds of the first half to build a 47-29 halftime lead.
Dayton put an exclamation point on the half with four points in the final four seconds. Crutcher scored on a layup. Then after the Bonnies turned the ball over on the in-bounds pass, Toppin hit a jump shot at the buzzer.
Crutcher led the Flyers with 13 points in the half. Toppin scored 10 points and dunked three times. Mikesell had eight. Chatman had four of his six points in the first two minutes. Watson and Landers each scored five.
Dayton shot 69.2% (18 of 26) from the field and 45.5% (5 of 11) from 3-point range. The Bonnies shot 40% (12 of 30) from the field and 11.1% (1 of 9) from 3-point range.
St. Bonaventure played without its best big man: sophomore forward Osun Osunniyi, who missed his second straight game with concussion-like symptoms. He did not travel with the team to Dayton. He averages 9.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
