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2020-21 GAME NOTES Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB G6 | FORDHAM (1-2, 1-2) at DUQUESNE (2-3, 1-2) 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES Sat., Dec. 9 2:00 pm ET • McCandless, Pa. • Kerr Fitness Center (1,200) NOVEMBER (0-1) TELEVISION: NBCSN with Brandon Burke & Ron Thompson 30 Mon. vs. Little Rock< L 66-76 DECEMBER (1-0) RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss (‘58) & Jarrett Durham (‘71) 2 Wed. vs. UNC Greensboro< W 81-68 IN-GAME STATS: Sidearm https://goduquesne.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary 4 Fri. vs. Winthrop< cancelled 14 Mon. vs. Southern Illinois^ cancelled DUQUESNE FORDHAM 16 Wed. vs. Loyola Chicago^ cancelled DUKES RAMS 19 Sat. at Richmond+ postponed 30 Wed. at Saint Louis+ postponed Record: 2-3 Record: 1-2 JANUARY (1-2) Atlantic 10: 1-2 Atlantic 10: 1-2 2 Sat. at George Washington+ W 75-63 Non-Conference: 1-1 Non-Conference: 0-0 3 Sun. at George Washington+ L 73-75 H: 0-1; A: 1-1; N: 1-1 H: 1-1; A: 0-1; N: 0-0 5 Tues. DAVIDSON+ (LA) L 48-61 Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Jeff Neubauer 9 Sat. FORDHAM+ (LA) NBCSN 2:00 Overall: 471-250 (23rd season) Overall: 249-233 (16th season) 13 Wed. at Dayton+ CBSSN 7:00 At Duquesne: 58-41 (4th season) At Fordham: 61-99 (6th season) 16 Sat. at St. Bonaventure+ ESPN+ 2:00 LEADERS LEADERS 20 Wed. RHODE ISLAND+ (LA) ESPN+ 6:00 Points Marcus Weathers (15.0) Points Joel Soriano (11.3) 27 Wed. at Fordham+ ESPN+ 6:00 Rebounds Marcus Weathers (6.6) Rebounds Joel Soriano (9.3) 30 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S+ (LA) ESPN+ 8:00 Assists Sincere Carry (21/4.2) Assists Jalen Cobb (13/4.3) FEBRUARY (0-0) Steals Dunn-Martin & Carry (8/1.6) Steals Jalen Cobb (6/2.0) Blocks Michael Hughes (7/1.4) Blocks Joel Soriano (4/1.3) 2 Tues. DAYTON+ ESPNU 9:00 3-Pointers Tavian Dunn-Martin (11/2.2) 3-Pointers Chris Austin (6/2.0) 7 Sun. VCU+ NBCSN 4:00 13 Sat. at George Mason+ ESPN+ 7:00 TEAM TEAM 17 Wed. at Davidson+ ESPN+ 7:00 Points / Margin 68.6 / even Points / Margin 51.3 / -20.0 20 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS+ ESPN+ 6:00 Rebounds / Margin 37.0 / +1.0 Rebounds / Margin 27.3 / -8.0 Turnovers / Margin 13.6 / even Turnovers / Margin 13.3 / -1.0 27 Sat. at La Salle+ ESPN+ 2:00 MARCH (0-0) 3 Wed. ST. BONAVENTURE+ ESPN+ 6:00 Duquesne (2-3, 1-2), coming off a stretch of three games in four days, returns to the court ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. for the first time since Tuesday to host Fordham (1-2, 1-2) on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 2:00 p.m. 10 Wed. First Round ESPN+ (NBCSN) at La Roche University’s Kerr Fitness Center. This is the second of four “home” 11 Thurs. Second Round NBCSN games scheduled for the Dukes at La Roche - a Division III school located 10 miles north 12 Fri. Quarterfinal NBCSN of DU’s downtown Pittsburgh campus - due to the ongoing renovation of the on-campus 13 Sat. Semifinal CBSSN 14 Sun. Final CBS UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse which began in March of 2019. Duquesne has won the past four meetings with the Rams, with all four games decided by eight or fewer points. Fordham, < - at Louisville, Ky.; ^ - at Indianapolis, Ind. + Atlantic 10 Conference game which is coming off a 55-54 home win over Dayton on Tuesday, had its first six games LA - home game at La Roche University canceled for COVID-related reasons. The Rams, who opened their season on Dec. 30, are 0-1 on the road. Duquesne, Fordham and St. Bonaventure are the only A-10 teams who’ll enter the weekend having played five or fewer games. 2020-21 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G • Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Sr. 12.2 3.4 5/2 Huntington, W.Va. Has scored in double digits in four of five games this season 1 G Tyson Acuff 6-4 Fr. 1.4 0.8 5/0 Detroit, Mich. 2020 Michigan Mr. Basketball finalist 2 G Toby Okani 6-7 Fr. 3.6 2.0 5/0 Orange, N.J. Scored 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting on Jan. 2 at GW 3 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 So. 4.8 4.8 4/4 Sharon, Pa. Scored all 11 of his pts (three 3-pointers) in the 1st h at GW on Jan. 3 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Sr. 15.0 6.6 5/5 Overland Park, Kan. Preseason Second Team All-A-10; leads team at 15.0 ppg. 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 Jr. 9.0 4.8 5/5 Farrell, Pa. 5.40 career assist average; had 8 pts, 8 ast. & 8 reb. at GW on Jan. 3 20 G Ryan Murphy 6-2 Gr. 1.7 2.0 3/0 Calabasas, Calif. Pitt grad transfer joined team on Dec. 11; team-high 3 ast. vs. Davidson 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Sr. 8.8 6.2 5/3 Kansas City, Mo. 14-10 double-double off the bench vs. UNCG; has 6 blks in past 3 g. 22 G Mike Bekelja 6-1 Fr. 0.0 2.0 1/0 Solon, Ohio Has missed the past three games with a stress fracture 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. 3.0 1.2 5/0 Long Island, N.Y. Scored 13 points in 16 min. off the bench at GW on Jan. 2 25 G Jaylen Cole-Williams 6-0 Fr. --- --- -/- Reston, Va. Spent postgrad year at TLAP (Fla.) Sports Academy 30 F Andre Harris 6-7 Fr. 1.5 1.3 4/0 Mesa, Ariz. Played two seasons at national power Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix 31 G Jett Roesing 6-4 Fr. --- --- -/- Pittsburgh, Pa. Shot 47% from 3-point and 90% from the foul line in HS career 34 F Austin Rotroff 6-10 Jr. 3.8 1.6 5/2 Wauseon, Ohio 9 pts. at GW on Jan. 3 were his most since 17 in the 2018-19 opener 35 G Noah Buono 6-5 Jr. --- --- -/- Brick, N.J. Began college career at Wagner in 2017-18 44 F Chad Baker 6-7 Fr. 4.5 0.0 2/0 Santo Domingo, D.R. Averaged just under 19 ppg. as a senior at Colonia (N.J.) HS 55 C Mounir Hima 6-11 Fr. --- --- -/- Short Hills, N.J. Will not be in uniform; redshirting in 2020-21 • - indicates previous game starters 1 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES BASKETBALL WORTH NOTING QUICK FACTS • The Dukes have increased their win total in each of their first three seasons under fourth- GENERAL year head coach Keith Dambrot. Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team (3-15 in the A-10) Name of School Duquesne University in 2017-18, posted a 16-16 record in 2018. He followed that by guiding a 2019 team - with a Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue roster that saw 97 percent of its points coming from freshmen and sophomores - to 19 wins City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish (T6th). DU returns five starters from a team that won a Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers school-record 11 conference games (11-7) on the way to posting the school’s third 20-win Enrollment 9,344 season (21-9) in the past 48 years in 2020. Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) • Duquesne returns four starters - and six of TRENDING Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse/3,500 its top eight scorers - from last year’s 21-9 • Duquesne is playing its first four home Affiliation NCAA Division I team. A fifth returning starter, junior Lamar Conference Atlantic 10 / 44th season games at Division III La Roche University President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) Norman Jr., left the team after four games. located 10 miles north of campus while reno- Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) vation work to the on-campus UPMC Cooper University Website www.duq.edu • This is the first time since 1971 & 1972 that Fieldhouse is completed. Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com DU has had 19 or more wins in back-to-back • DU hasn’t played a game on campus since seasons. The last time Duquesne had three- Mar. 9, 2019 (vs. Dayton). HISTORY straight 19+-win seasons was in a four-year • , & First Year of Basketball 1913-14 span from 1951-52 through 1954-55 (23-4 Tavian Dunn-Martin Michael Hughes All-Time Record 1,428-1,135 (105th year) Marcus Weathers graduated in December, Atlantic 10 Record 252-436 (44th year) in 1952, 21-8 in 1953, 26-3 in 1954 and 22-4 giving the Dukes four players with degrees in the NIT Championship season of 1955). A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (41 appearances) (grad transfer Ryan Murphy is the fourth). Dambrot’s father, Sid, was a member of the 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) • DU was picked to finish fifth in the A-10 pre- 1952, 1953 & 1954 teams. NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) season poll. It is the highest the Dukes have 1940 (Final Four), 1952 (Regional Final), 1969 (Regional appeared in the poll since the 2010 team, Semifinal), 1971 (First Round), 1977 (First Round) • The Dukes, who were picked to finish fifth which returned four starters from a group that NIT/Last (Record) 17/2009 (17-19) in the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 preseason poll, advanced to the 2009 A-10 Championship 1940 (runner-up), 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953, have exceeded their preseason A-10 pick in game, was picked tied for fifth.