"Again?!"

It was the thought running through Dayton fans' heads, and the one word that came out of London Warren's mouth as Rhode Island guard Marquis Jones beat the Dayton Flyers in the final seconds for the second straight year, this time 65-64.

Warren played perhaps the best game of his career and finished with 12 points and five steals, and Kurt Huelsman came up just shy of a double double with 10 points and nine rebounds, but the Rams took Dayton down in the end again.

"Unfortunately it's a disappointing loss, but we definitely started to get back to a little bit more of how we can be successful," Head Coach Brian Gregory said.

Delroy James and Keith Cothran kept the Rams in it all night at UD Arena, but it was Jones that buried Dayton with a three ball in the final five seconds, Dayton dropped its second in a row and had its 30 game home winning streak snapped.

The Flyers dropped to 14-6 (3-3 in the A-10) and the Rams improved to 16-3 (4-2).

The Flyers jumped right out of the gate, with Huelsman appropriately scoring the first basket in his record-setting 120th consecutive start. Less than two minutes later, the score was already eight to nothing.

Rhode Island forward Delroy James had other plans, however. James drained a couple threes in a row, then another soon after to bring the score to 15-11.

Dayton was able to extend its lead to 22-11, but Rhode Island fought its way back with six straight points. Mickey Perry had the answer, however, in the form of a three pointer to make it 25-17.

The Flyers played one of their best defensive halves of the season, led by Warren. Warren hounded opponent ball handlers all half, getting three steals and forcing a couple more of Rhode Island's 10 first half turnovers.

Warren also did pretty well for himself on offense, getting to the basket whenever he wanted. He would lead Dayton at halftime with eight points.

"London played like we need London Warren to play for the rest of the season," Gregory said. "He was tremendous on defense."

On a late dunk by Chris Wright, Dayton was able to go into the intermission with a 33-24 lead. Aside from Warren's eight points, Wright and Huelsman each had six.

In the second half, Rhode Island began to prove what a tough team it is. The Rams, held well below their typical field goal percentage in the first 20 minutes, got much hotter. Leading scorer Keith Cothran, held scoreless in the first half, caught fire. He scored 15 points in the first seven minutes of the half, capped by an offensive rebound and a layup plus the foul, to put Rhode Island in front 45-44. What had looked like a dominant performance by Dayton had quickly turned into a barnburner.

Meanwhile, Warren continued to play strong defense and relentlessly attack the basket. As odd as it seemed, he was keeping the Flyers in the game on the offensive end.

Cothran scored on another and-one and James hit yet another three (he finished 6-7 from downtown) to put Rhode Island up 50-46. The Rams' potent offense had found its stride and had put all the pressure on the Flyers.

Down 54-49, Wright found Perry on a backdoor cut for a layup. After a URI turnover, Kurt Huelsman connected on a reverse layup inside to bring Dayton within one. When the teams came out of the media timeout, Wright scored off an offensive rebound and UD had the lead 55-54 with under six minutes to play.

Chris Johnson then came up with four key points for Dayton. The sophomore hit on a driving layup, followed by a fade away jumper to give Dayton the lead 59-54 with less than four minutes left.

Cothran had finally decided to cool off for Rhode Island, a circumstance that coincided with Warren being switched to guarding him. Still, James kept filling it up. He scored on a layup, then hit two of three free throws to give him 22 for the game. After another basket for Rhode Island Dayton led by just one with 1:21 to play.

UD could not score on the ensuing possession and Rhode Island got the ball with a chance to take the lead. Will Martell got an offensive rebound off James' miss and scored his first points of the game.

Chris Johnson then was fouled on a three point attempt and hit all three free throws. Dayton led 64-62 with 15 seconds left.

It was not meant to be Dayton's night, though. Jones, 1-4 from the floor with just two points in the game, dribbled down and nailed an open three pointer with 3.4 seconds left. Perry's desperation heave bounced off the rim and Dayton went down.

"I don't think he had hit one all night but he knocked [the game winner] down, so credit to him," Perry said.

The Flyers will look to bounce back at St. Bonaventure Saturday, and remain optimistic about the season.

"We still got 10 conference games left," Wright said. "It isn't over, it isn't the end of the world."