2016-17 Duquesne Men's Basketball
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2016-17 DUQUESNE MEN’S BASKETBALL G21 | DUQUESNE (9-11, 2-5) at DAVIDSON (9-8, 2-4) 2016-17 DUQUESNE DUKES Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 • 7:30 ET • Davidson, N.C. • Belk Arena (5,295) NOVEMBER (3-5) 11 Fri. LOYOLA, MD - FB Live W 65-60 DUQUESNE DAVIDSON 13 Sun. at Penn State - BTN L 74-82 16 Wed. SAINT FRANCIS U W 89-75 DUKES WILDCATS 18 Fri. CANISIUS+ L 77-78 Record: 9-11 Record: 9-8 20 Sun. at #2 (AP) Kentucky+ - ESPNU L 59-93 Atlantic 10: 2-5 Atlantic 10: 2-4 23 Wed. UT MARTIN+ L 63-66 Non-Conference: 7-6 Non-Conference: 7-4 27 Sun. CLEVELAND STATE+ W 78-71 H: 7-6; A: 1-5; N: 1-0 H: 5-2; A: 2-5; N: 2-1 30 Wed. UMBC L 72-81 Head Coach: Jim Ferry Head Coach: Bob McKillop DECEMBER (5-1) Overall: 313-254 (19th season) Overall: 525-321 (28th season) 2 Fri. vs. Pitt (PPG) - ACCN Extra W 64-55 At Duquesne: 59-86 (5th season) At Davidson: same 6 Tues. at Robert Morris (PPG) L 60-64 10 Sat. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W 70-67 LEADERS LEADERS Points Mike Lewis II (12.9) Points Jack Gibbs (21.8) 19 Mon. JACKSON STATE W 74-62 Rebounds Nakye Sanders (5.9) Rebounds Peyton Aldridge (7.5) 22 Thur. COLGATE W 70-57 Assists Tarin Smith (64/3.2) Assists Jack Gibbs (67/4.2) 30 Fri. at Fordham* W 75-72 Steals Tarin Smith (23/1.2) Steals Jon Gudmundsson (24/1.5) JANUARY (1-5) Blocks Nakye Sanders (27/1.4) Blocks Will Magarity (25/1.5) 4 Wed. VCU* - ASN L 87-94 3-Pointers Mike Lewis II (33) 3-Pointers Jack Gibbs (52) 7 Sat. at La Salle* - ASN L 81-88 11 Wed. SAINT LOUIS* - FB Live W 73-66 TEAM TEAM 14 Sat. DAYTON* (PPG) - CBSSN L 57-76 Points / Margin 71.0 / -2.1 Points / Margin 75.1 / +3.6 18 Wed. at George Washington* L 63-65 Rebounds / Margin 38.3 / even Rebounds / Margin 37.2 / +0.4 Turnovers / Margin 14.5 / -1.6 Turnovers / Margin 12.1 / -0.3 21 Sat. RHODE ISLAND* - NBCSN L 69-90 24 Tues. at Davidson* TWC Sports/ FB Live 7:30 28 Sat. at Richmond* 6:00 FEBRUARY (0-0) QUICK NOTES 1 Wed. ST. BONAVENTURE* ASN 8:00 • Duquesne (9-11, 2-5) heads to North Carolina to face Davidson (9-8, 2-4) on Tuesday, Jan. 4 Sat. at Dayton* NBCSN 12:30 11 Sat. at Saint Louis* Fox MW+ 8:00 24 at 7:30 p.m. (Facebook Live). Davidson, which is coming off a 91-83 loss at La Salle on 15 Wed. MASSACHUSETTS* FB Live 7:00 Thursday, is 5-2 at home. Duquesne, which is 1-5 on the road, heads south looking to snap a 19 Sun. GEORGE WASHINGTON* NBCSN 12:00 three-game losing streak. The student section in Davidson’s Belk Arena will be named in honor 22 Wed. FORDHAM* 7:00 all-time leading scorer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry prior to the 25 Sat. at St. Bonaventure* ASN 4:00 game. Curry, who starred at Davidson from 2006-07 through 2008-09, is expected to attend. MARCH (0-0) The game is sold out. 1 Wed. at George Mason* 7:00 4 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S* FB Live 2:00 • The Davidson game is the first of four of five on the road for the Dukes. DU plays at Richmond ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. Saturday, hosts St. Bonaventure on Feb. 1, then hits the road again to face Dayton and Saint Louis. 8-12 TBA + - Bluegrass Showcase • Duquesne, which lost over 70 percent of its scoring from last season, has incorporated a num- PPG - game at PPG Paints Arena ber of newcomers into the 2016-17 rotation. DU’s top four scorers - all starters - are first-year * - Atlantic 10 Conference game FB Live - indicates Facebook Live webcast players: freshman Mike Lewis II (12.9 ppg.), graduate transfer Emile Blackman (11.3 ppg.), freshman Isiaha Mike (10.1 ppg.) and Nebraska transfer sophomore Tarin Smith (10.0 ppg.). IN-GAME MEDIA None of DU’s top eight scorers averaged more than 9.2 minutes per game last year. TELEVISION TWC Sports (Davidson viewing area) Dean Linke (pxp), Taylor Cunningham (analyst) • Lewis II, who has scored in double digits in DU’s past 14 games, and Mike, who posted a LIVE STREAM Facebook Live 24-13 double-double vs. Saint Louis on Jan. 11, have combined to earn Atlantic 10 Rookie of goo.gl/LfeTyW the Week five times - three for Lewis II and two for Mike. Lewis II is averaging 14.7 ppg, and RADIO WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio Mike 10.0 ppg. and 5.1 rpg. in conference play. Ray Goss (‘58) (pxp), Jarrett Durham (‘71) (analyst) IN GAME STATS goo.gl/bj7MwX NEXT UP: Duquesne heads to Richmond to face the Spiders on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 6:00 p.m. (Atlantic 10 Digital Network). 2016-17 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES TENTATIVE STARTERS # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 45 F Isiaha Mike 6-8 Fr. 10.1 5.5 20/20 Scarborough, Ontario Has scored 15 or more six times; two time A-10 Rookie of the Week 20 F Nakye Sanders 6-8 So. 5.2 5.9 20/11 Staten Island, N.Y. Shooting .597; leads team in rebounding and blocks (27) 5 G Emile Blackman 6-3 Gr. 11.3 3.8 20/20 Dix Hills, N.Y. 1,138 career points (913 in two years at Niagara); 13.1 ppg. A-10 only 1 G Mike Lewis II 6-1 Fr. 12.9 2.3 20/19 St. Louis, Mo. Three-time A-10 Rookie of Week; Averaging 14.7 ppg. in A-10 play 3 G Tarin Smith 6-2 So. 10.0 3.3 20/20 Ocean Township, N.J. Leads team with 64 assists and 23 steals Off the Bench 00 C Darius Lewis 6-11 Sr. 3.9 5.0 20/9 Lexington, Ky. Fifth on Duquesne’s career list with 96 blocks in 95 games 2 F Eric James 6-6 Jr. 2.6 2.6 17/0 Westerville, Ohio Has played in 75 career g.; season-high 9 rebounds vs. URI 4 G Rene Castro 6-2 Jr. 8.3 1.7 20/1 Boston, Mass. Eight double-digit scoring games off the bench (three in A-10 play) 14 F Kale Abrahamson 6-8 Gr. 3.8 1.9 11/0 West Des Moines, Iowa Missed first 9g. (broken bone in hand); averaging 4.4 ppg. in A-10 g. 25 G Spencer Littleson 6-4 Fr. 2.0 1.5 17/0 Rochester Hills, Mich. Has 14 assists with just three turnovers on the season 55 C Jordan Robinson 6-8 Jr. 3.1 3.0 13/0 Toronto, Ontario Team-high 17 rebounds in past 3g. (in 50 minutes off the bench) 35 F Kellon Taylor 6-5 Fr. 2.0 0.8 6/0 Landover, Md. Two-sport athlete joined the team Nov. 22 (FB WR); 8 pts vs. URI 21 G David Haus 6-2 Jr. 0.0 0.2 6/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Former walk awarded a scholarship in Jan.; has played in 26 career g. 32 F Zach Snyder 6-5 So. --- --- --/-- Cranberry Twp. Pa. Second-year walk on 53 G Caleb Davis 6-0 Fr. --- --- --/-- New Kensington, Pa. First year walk-on, served as a student manager last season NOTING THE DUKES QUICK FACTS • Duquesne is in its fifth season under head coach Jim Ferry, who came to the Bluff after leading LIU Brooklyn to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2011 & 2012. GENERAL Name of School Duquesne University • Ferry led the Dukes to 17 wins and a CBI appearance last year. The 2015-16 Dukes (17-17) posted the most Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue wins in the Ferry Era (previous 13-17 in 2014) and finished with the school’s eighth non-losing season in the City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 past 35 years. It was just the seventh time in the past 44 seasons that a Duquesne team posted 17 wins. Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers Enrollment 9,984 • DU returned two starters (Darius Lewis & Eric James), both of whom are coming off the bench this year. Nickname Dukes James (419) and Lewis (330) entered the season as the only returnees with over 165 career points. School Colors Red and Blue Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) • The Dukes are relying on seven newcomers to help Arena/Capacity A.J. Palumbo Center/4,390 replace 71.5 percent of the scoring, 64.9 percent of & PPG Paints Arena/flex seating to 19,000 the minutes and 77.4 percent of the team’s assists TRENDING Affiliation NCAA Division I gone from last year’s team. • Duquesne saw a streak of seven consecutive Conference Atlantic 10/40th season games with 70 or more points snapped with its President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) • Freshmen Isiaha Mike and Mike Lewis II both season-low 57 points vs. Dayton (the Dukes Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) started the season opener vs. Loyola, Md., mark- were 5-2 and averaging 75.7 ppg. over that Athletic Dept. Phone 412-396-6565 ing just the third time in the past 30 years - and first span).