Javon Bennett stood in the same spot outside the visiting locker room Friday night at Chaifetz Arena where Jalen Crutcher conducted a postgame interview five years earlier.

ST. LOUIS -- Javon Bennett scored 19 points as Dayton beat Saint Louis 71-63 on Friday night.

St. Louis; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis hosts Dayton after Gibson Jimerson scored 26 points in Saint Louis' 78-69 win against the VCU Rams. The Billikens are 11-1 in home games. Saint Louis averages 74.

The Dayton Flyers did not make the most of their three-day trip to St. Louis from a tourist standpoint. They didn’t visit the Gateway Arch. They didn’t enjoy the crazy slides at the City Museum. They even skipped the World Chess Hall of Fame.

Saint Louis 10-26 (Jimerson 3-8, Swope 3-8, Johnson 2-3, Warlick 2-3, Avila 0-2, Brockhoff 0-2). Fouled Out_Avila. Rebounds_Dayton 30 (L'Etang 8), Saint Louis 28 (Avila 10). Assists_Dayton 12 (Alexander 5),

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