2019-20 Game Notes
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2019-20 game notes Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB 2019-20 DUQUESNE DUKES G23 | ST. BONAVENTURE (15-8, 7-3) at DUQUESNE (17-5, 7-3) Sat., Feb. 8 • 3:00 pm ET • Moon Township, Pa. • UPMC Events Center (4,000) NOVEMBER (6-0) 5 Tues. PRINCETON (PPG) W 94-57 TELEVISION: NBCSN Paul Burmeister & David Kaplan with Corey Robinson 12 Tues. LAMAR (LA) W 66-56 15 Fri. LIPSCOMB (LA) W 58-36 RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss (‘58) & Jarrett Durham (‘71) 21 Thur. vs. Indiana State - JJ W 74-71 IN-GAME STATS: Sidearm https://goduquesne.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary 22 Fri. vs. Air Force - JJ W 69-63 24 Sun. vs. Loyola Marymount - JJ W 71-50 DECEMBER (4-2) DUQUESNE ST. BONAVENTURE 4 Wed. VMI (LA) W 71-58 DUKES BONNIES 9 Mon. COLUMBIA (LA) W 90-54 17-5 15-8 14 Sat. vs. Radford at Akron, Ohio W 71-49 2020 Record: 2020 Record: 21 Sat. vs. Austin Peay - SP W 86-77 Atlantic 10: 7-3 Atlantic 10: 7-3 22 Sun. vs. UAB - SP L 68-77 Non-Conference: 10-2 Non-Conference: 8-5 29 Sun. vs. Marshall - CL L 61-83 H: 9-1; A: 3-2; N: 5-2 H: 7-3; A: 5-5; N: 3-0 JANUARY (5-3) Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Mark Schmidt 2 Thur. SAINT LOUIS+ (RM) W 73-59 Overall: 465-243 (22nd season) Overall: 307-266 (19th season) 5 Sun. DAVIDSON+ (RM) W 71-64 At Duquesne: 52-34 (3rd season) At SBU: 225-176 (13th season) 8 Wed. at Saint Joseph’s+ W 78-60 11 Sat. at George Washington+ W 66-61 LEADERS 2020 LEADERS 15 Wed. FORDHAM+ (PPG) (OT) W 58-56 Points Marcus Weathers (15.0) Points Kyle Lofton (13.7) 22 Wed. at Rhode Island+ L 55-77 Rebounds Marcus Weathers (7.9) Rebounds Osun Osunniyi (9.1) 25 Sat. at Massachusetts+ L 64-73 Assists Sincere Carry (104/4.7) Assists Kyle Lofton (142/6.2) 29 Wed. #7 (AP) DAYTON+ (PPG) L 69-73 Steals Michael Hughes (32/1.5) Steals Kyle Lofton (31/1.4) FEBRUARY (2-0) Blocks Michael Hughes (62/2.8) Blocks Osun Osunniyi (45/2.8) 2 Sun. LA SALLE+ (PPG) W 71-69 3-Pointers Tavian Dunn-Martin (47) 3-Pointers Dominick Welch (55) 5 Wed. at Saint Louis+ W 82-68 8 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE+ - CCC (RM) NBCSN 3:00 TEAM TEAM 16 Sun. at Fordham+ NBCSN 2:00 Points / Margin 71.2 / +7.5 Points / Margin 68.1 / +4.0 19 Wed. GEO. WASHINGTON+ (PPG) (DH) ESPN+ 8:00 Rebounds / Margin 35.6 / +1.9 Rebounds / Margin 36.6 / +3.6 22 Sat. at Dayton+ STADIUM 2:00 Turnovers / Margin 13.2 / +0.6 Turnovers / Margin 12.0 / +1.3 26 Wed. at St. Bonaventure+ STADIUM 7:00 29 Sat. GEORGE MASON+ (RM) ESPN+ 7:00 MARCH (0-0) Duquesne (17-5, 7-3), which extended its win streak to two with an 82-68 win at Saint Louis 3 Tues. at VCU+ ESPN+ 7:00 on Wednesday, returns home to face St. Bonaventure (15-8, 7-3) on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3:00 6 Fri. RICHMOND+ (PPG) ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. at Robert Morris’s UPMC Events Center (NBCSN). This is the first of two meetings ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. 11-15 TBD between DU and its all-time most-frequent opponent (123rd meeting overall). Saturday’s JJ - Junkanoo Jam, Bimini, Bahamas; SP - St. Pete Shootout, St. Petersburg, game is the 11th Chuck Cooper Classic, honoring DU’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer. Fla.; CL - Cleveland Classic/Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse CCC - Chuck Cooper Classic DU and SBU are tied for third in the A-10. The Dukes, who are playing home games at three PPG - home game at PPG Paints Arena LA - home game at La Roche University venues due to renovation of the on-campus UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse - are 9-1 at “home” RM - home game at Robert Morris University including a 2-0 mark at RMU. St. Bonaventure, which has won the past seven in the series, + Atlantic 10 Conference game is 5-5 on a road, including a 3-2 record in A-10 play. 2019-20 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Jr. 9.0 1.7 22/12 Huntington, W.Va. 2019 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year; leads team with 47 3-pointers 1 C James Ellis 6-11 Fr. 0.8 0.2 5/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Made his Duquesne debut vs. Lipscomb; has played in one A-10 game 2 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 Fr. 8.0 4.3 22/22 Sharon, Pa. Has scored in double-digits seven times; c-high 10 rebounds at URI 4 G • Lamar Norman Jr. 6-3 So. 5.8 2.0 22/10 Grand Rapids, Mich. Second on team with 17 3-pointers in A-10 play 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Jr. 15.0 7.9 22/22 Overland Park, Kan. Leads team with 50 career double-digit scoring games (17 this year) 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 So. 11.5 3.8 22/22 Farrell, Pa. 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; team-high 104 assists 14 G Ashton Miller 6-5 Fr. 1.4 0.6 20/0 Scotch Plains, N.J. Cousin of Ashton Gibbs (Pitt), Sterling Gibbs (UConn) & T.J. Gibbs (ND) 21 C Michael Hughes 6-8 Jr. 10.1 6.8 22/21 Kansas City, Mo. His 2.5 career blocks/g. ranks second in DU history 22 G Evan Buckley 6-1 Fr. 0.7 0.5 13/0 Ashburn, Va. Came off the bench to log 10 minutes at Saint Louis 30 G Jake Harper 6-3 Fr. 1.2 0.4 5/0 Dayton, Ohio Played HS ball at Pittsburgh’s Avonworth High School 31 G Caleb Davis 6-0 Sr. 1.2 0.0 5/0 New Kensington, Pa. Has played in 12 career games 34 F • Austin Rotroff 6-10 So. 0.6 0.9 14/1 Wauseon, Ohio Made first start of season (6th of his career) vs. Dayton 44 C Baylee Steele 6-11 Gr. 8.8 5.1 22/0 Norwalk, Iowa Six-eleven grad transfer third on team at 5.1 rebounds/g. 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. --- --- -/- Long Island, N.Y. Recovering from ACL surgery (inj. 3/6/19 at Saint Louis); Redshirting 3 G Frankie Hughes 6-4 Jr. 9.1 2.1 30/21 Cleveland, Ohio had season-ending knee surgery in October; team high 67 3’s in 2019 • - indicates previous game starters 1 2019-20 Duquesne Dukes Basketball WORTH NOTING QUICK FACTS • The Dukes, who are in their third season under head coach Keith Dambrot, were picked GENERAL to finish eighth in the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 preseason poll. DU has exceeded its preseason Name of School Duquesne University A-10 pick in each of its first two seasons under Dambrot. The 2018 team, picked to finish Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue last, ended up tied for 10th. Last year DU, picked 11th, ended up tied for sixth. Last year City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 marked the first time since 2009 (picked 12th, fin- Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers ished tied for fifth) that a Duquesne team exceeded Enrollment 9,344 its preseason pick by five or more spots. TRENDING Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue • Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team in 2017- • Duquesne’s 17-5 start is the school’s Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) best since 1971-72 (18-4 on the way Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse 18, posted a 16-16 record in 2018 and guided a to 20-5). set to open in 2020-21 2019 team - with a roster that saw 97 percent of Affiliation NCAA Division I its points come from freshmen and sophomores • This is just the fourth time in 43 At- Conference Atlantic 10 / 43rd season - to 19 wins (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish lantic 10 seasons that DU has seven President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) wins in its first 10 conference games. Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) (T6th). Last year’s team tied the school record for University Website www.duq.edu conference wins and posted the school’s highest • The Dukes rank 9th nationally - and Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com win total since 2011. first in the A-10 - in blocks/g. at 5.82. DU is sixth in the nation in block per- HISTORY • Duquesne opened the season with 10-straight centage (16.2) according to KenPom. First Year of Basketball 1913-14 wins - the school’s best start since 1953-54 (22-0). • DU ranks 33rd nationally, and second All-Time Record 1,422-1,128 (104th year) Along the way, DU received a vote in both the Dec. in the A-10, in 3-point percentage Atlantic 10 Record 247-430 (43rd year) 9 & 16 AP polls, marking the first time a Dukes defense (.296). A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (40 appearances) team received an AP vote since Feb. 7, 2011. • Duquesne is 28th nationally and 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) Duquesne has since received votes on Jan.