Dayton rolled past NJIT 89-58

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Mon, Nov 2, 2026

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Dayton rolled past NJIT 89-58 at UD Arena.

Colonia, New Jersey, native Aiden Derkack led Dayton with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Matheo Coffi had 12 points for NJIT.

Dayton had 22 fast-break points to NJIT's 6. Dayton covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 6.4 points.

Scoring · Dayton: Aiden Derkack 21, Amal L'Etang 20, Tristian Ford 13, Zaide Lowery 8, Grant Randall 7, Landen Joseph 5, Damon Friery 5, Jaiun Simon 4, Travis Perry 3, Julian Washington 3. NJIT: Matheo Coffi 12, Quentin Duncan 9, Mario Tatum Jr. 8, John Kelly 7, Victor Vanderstraeten 6, Brendan Oliver 6, AJ Altobelli 4, Rocco Awad 3, Jayonni Durrough 2, Brandon Stores Jr. 1.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

NJIT 58, DAY 83model score

-24.6model spread (home)

140.7model total

6.4points off the final margin

FavoriteDAY -24.50.1 Won Under 144.53.8 Lost

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Close	-24.5	144.5	-8000	2200	Draft Kings via ESPN

Margin +31 (home) ATS DAY covered Total 147 → over

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
NJIT	non-MAC team, not tracked
DAY	–	0	–	same

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	NJIT	DAY
FG	20-58	31-65
FG%	34	48
3PT	3-25	9-26
3P%	12	35
FT	15-25	18-21
FT%	60	86
Rebounds	28	50
Offensive rebounds	11	18
Defensive rebounds	17	32
Assists	9	19
Steals	8	7
Blocks	2	3
Turnovers	11	12
Points off turnovers	6	12
Fast break points	6	22
Points in paint	24	44
Fouls	17	23
Largest lead	0	33
Possessions (est.)	69.9	69.0
Points per 100 possessions	83.0	129.0

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

NJIT Highlanders

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Matheo Coffi F	28	12	4-9	0-4	4-6	2	5	1	0	0	1	2
Mario Tatum Jr. G	23	8	2-8	0-2	4-4	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
Victor Vanderstraeten F	21	6	3-7	0-2	0-2	1	2	0	1	1	0	2
David Bolden G	20	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	0	1	4	4	3	0	2
Brandon Stores Jr. G	18	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	0	3	0	1	0	0	2
John Kelly	26	7	2-4	0-1	3-7	0	2	1	1	1	0	2
Rocco Awad	17	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Brendan Oliver	16	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	3	3	0	1	0	0	2
Quentin Duncan	15	9	3-7	2-6	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
AJ Altobelli	7	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jayonni Durrough	5	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Stefan Jimenez-Vojnic	4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zack Scherler	DNP

Dayton Flyers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Aiden Derkack G	29	21	6-9	2-2	7-7	3	11	2	1	0	0	1
Grant Randall F	27	7	3-7	0-2	1-2	3	6	2	1	2	0	2
Amal L'Etang F	27	20	6-12	0-5	8-10	3	11	1	2	1	0	2
Zaide Lowery G	19	8	4-7	0-1	0-0	0	1	3	2	3	0	3
Travis Perry G	18	3	1-7	1-6	0-0	0	2	1	2	0	0	4
Tristian Ford	28	13	4-8	3-4	2-2	2	2	4	0	1	0	2
Landen Joseph	19	5	2-5	1-2	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	3
Jaiun Simon	13	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	3	6	0	0	0	0	2
Malcolm Thomas	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	2	0	2	4
Damon Friery	6	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
Cody Peck	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Washington	1	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Dickey	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaron McKie	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jalen Haynes	DNP
Makai Grant	DNP
Will Maxwell	DNP