Dayton Flyers vs Wisconsin Badgers Box Score on Nov 23, 2022

Connor Essegian scored 13 points and Steven Crowl scored seven of his nine points in the second half as Wisconsin held on for a 43-42 victory over Dayton in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Max Klesmit blocked Kobe Elvis' running one-handed jumper with two seconds remaining, enabling Wisconsin (4-0) to advance to the semifinals on Thursday morning against No. 3 Kansas (5-0).

Dayton (3-2) will play in the consolation bracket on Thursday afternoon against NC State (4-1), which lost to the Jayhawks 80-74 on Wednesday.

Essegian shot 3 for 6 from the field, including 2 for 4 from distance, and was a perfect 5 for 5 from the free -throw line. Crowl went 3 for 11 from the field and added seven rebounds and four assists. Jordan Davis finished with two points on 1 for 7 shooting to go along with eight rebounds.

The Badgers shot 14 for 59 (23.7 percent) from the field, including 6 for 27 (22.2 percent) from 3-point range.

Dayton was led by Elvis, who had 16 points and eight rebounds, while Mustapha Amzil scored nine points by going 3 for 6 from distance, and DaRon Holmes II also scored nine. Toumani Camara finished with six points and 11 rebounds.

The Flyers shot 16 for 53 (30.2 percent) from the field, including 4 for 27 (14.8 percent) from beyond the arc.

Trailing 34-24 with 13:45 left in the game, the Flyers went on a 15-5 run to tie the game at 39 following Amzil's 3-pointer with 4:56 to go. But the Badgers responded by scoring the next five points before Camara's layup trimmed the lead 43-41 with 2:57 left.

After Holmes split a pair of free throws to make it 43-42 with 59 seconds left, Dayton got the ball back when Camara blocked Crowl's layup attempt with 32 seconds remaining but Elvis failed to hit the game-winning shot.

After Dayton took an 11-10 lead with 10:27 left in the first half, the Badgers closed on a 13-3 run to take a 23-14 lead at halftime.

--Field Level Media