Dayton, Ohio -- Welcome to UD Arena, where tonight No. 17 Dayton Flyers and No. 22 Rhode Island square off in an early conference season matchup of two of the top Atlantic 10 teams.

Dayton comes in with a record of 12-1 overall and a perfect 9-0 home record. The visiting Rams sport a 14-1 overall record, the school's best-ever non-conference record.

The Flyers are led by senior guard Brian Roberts and his 19 points per game while the Rams are paced by senior forward Will Daniels' 18-point average.

UD Arena has been packed for quite some time leading up to this important early conference game, so let's get ready for the action to unfold.