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2020-21 GAME NOTES Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB G12 | SAINT JOSEPH’S (1-13, 0-8) at DUQUESNE (5-6, 4-5) 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES Sat., Jan. 30, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET • McCandless, Pa. • Kerr Fitness Center (1,200) NOVEMBER (0-1) TELEVISION: ESPN+ with Tim Benz & Ellis Cannon 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 SAINT JOSEPH’S 16 Wed. vs. Loyola Chicago^ cancelled DUKES HAWKS 19 Sat. at Richmond+ postponed Record: 5-6 Record: 1-13 30 Wed. at Saint Louis+ postponed Atlantic 10: 4-5 Atlantic 10: 0-8 JANUARY (4-5) Non-Conference: 1-1 Non-Conference: 1-5 2 Sat. at George Washington+ W 75-63 H: 2-2; A: 2-3; N: 1-1 H: 1-3; A: 0-8; N: 0-2 3 Sun. at George Washington+ L 73-75 Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Billy Lange 5 Tues. DAVIDSON+ (LA) L 48-61 Overall: 474-253 (23rd season) Overall: 138-173 (10th season) 9 Sat. FORDHAM+ (LA) W 48-45 At Duquesne: 61-44 (4th season) At SJU: 7-39 (2nd season) 13 Wed. at Dayton+ L 63-72 LEADERS LEADERS 15 Fri. at St. Bonaventure+ L 48-62 Points Marcus Weathers (13.7) Points Ryan Daly (17.2) 20 Wed. RHODE ISLAND+ (LA) W 71-69 Rebounds Michael Hughes (7.6) Rebounds Ryan Daly (6.2) 23 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE+ L 61-65 Assists Tavian Dunn-Martin (34/3.1) Assists Jordan Hall (87/6.2) 27 Wed. at Fordham+ W 86-62 Steals Tavian Dunn-Martin (13/1.2) Steals Jordan Hall (17/1.2) Blocks Michael Hughes (16/1.5) Blocks Taylor Funk (11/0.8) 30 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S+ (LA) ESPN+ 7:00 3-Pointers Tavian Dunn-Martin (20/1.8) 3-Pointers Taylor Funk (34/2.4) FEBRUARY (0-0) 2 Tues. DAYTON+ ESPNU 9:00 TEAM TEAM Points / Margin 65.5 / +0.2 Points / Margin 70.8 / -13.5 7 Sun. VCU+ NBCSN 4:00 Rebounds / Margin 36.5 / even Rebounds / Margin 32.8 / -8.9 13 Sat. at George Mason+ ESPN+ 7:00 Turnovers / Margin 13.5 / -0.3 Turnovers / Margin 15.3 / -1.2 17 Wed. at Davidson+ ESPN+ 7:00 20 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS+ ESPN+ 6:00 27 Sat. at La Salle+ ESPN+ 2:00 Duquesne (5-6, 4-5), winner of two of its past three, returns home to host Saint Joseph’s MARCH (0-0) (1-13, 0-8) on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at Kerr Fitness Center on the campus TBD of La Roche University. This is the last of five scheduled home games at La Roche - a ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Richmond, Va. Division III school located 10 miles from DU’s downtown Pittsburgh campus. La Roche 10 Wed. First Round ESPN+ served as Duquesne’s temporary home while renovation work to the on-campus UPMC 11 Thur. Second Round NBCSN Cooper Fieldhouse was completed. The Dukes are scheduled to play their remaining home 12 Fri. Quarterfinal NBCSN games in UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, beginning with Tuesday’s Dayton game. Duquesne is 13 Sat. Semifinal CBSSN 6-2 all time at Kerr Fitness Center (2-2 this year). The Saint Joe’s game begins a stretch of 14 Sun. Final CBS three in a row at home for the Dukes, who are coming off an 86-62 win at Fordham. SJU, < - at Louisville, Ky.; ^ - at Indianapolis, Ind. which is 0-8 on the road, has been idle since a 79-56 home loss to Richmond on Jan. 26. + Atlantic 10 Conference game LA - home game at La Roche University Duquesne is 2-2 vs. Saint Joseph’s under fourth-year head coach Keith Dambrot, including a 1-0 mark in Pittsburgh. 2020-21 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G • Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Sr. 11.0 2.6 11/8 Huntington, W.Va. Tied his season high with 7 assists at Fordham 1 G Tyson Acuff 6-4 Fr. 2.3 0.8 11/0 Detroit, Mich. Had 11 points (two 3-pointers) and 4 assists in 21 minutes at Fordham 2 G Toby Okani 6-7 Fr. 3.4 3.3 11/5 Orange, N.J. Has started five times; second on team with 7 blocks 3 G Maceo Austin 6-5 So. 4.8 4.8 4/4 Sharon, Pa. Has not been in uniform for past six games (personal) 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Sr. 13.7 6.8 11/11 Overland Park, Kan. Has scored in double figures in 10 of DU’s 11g.; leads team at 13.7 ppg. 20 G Ryan Murphy 6-2 Gr. 4.1 2.3 8/0 Calabasas, Calif. Pitt grad transfer joined team on Dec. 11; has 28 points in his past 5 g. 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Sr. 10.1 7.6 11/9 Kansas City, Mo. Has posted three-straight double-doubles (14.3, 11.0 over that span) 22 G • Mike Bekelja 6-1 Fr. 1.0 1.7 6/1 Solon, Ohio Had 6 points and 6 rebounds in 1st career start at Fordham on Jan. 27 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. 2.7 1.6 10/0 Long Island, N.Y. Scored 13 points in 16 minutes off the bench at GW on Jan. 2 25 G Jaylen Cole-Williams 6-0 Fr. 0.0 0.0 1/0 Reston, Va. Made his Duquesne debut on Jan. 27 at Fordham 30 F Andre Harris 6-7 Fr. 3.1 1.6 10/0 Mesa, Ariz. 7 points and 3 big second-half assists in comeback win over URI 31 G Jett Roesing 6-4 Fr. 0.0 0.0 1/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Made his Duquesne debut on Jan. 27 at Fordham 34 F Austin Rotroff 6-10 Jr. 2.3 1.4 9/2 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. 0.0 0.0 1/0 Brick, N.J. Made his Duquesne debut on Jan. 27 at Fordham 44 F • Chad Baker 6-7 Fr. 9.1 2.1 8/6 Santo Domingo, D.R. Has two games with five or more 3-pointers; Jan. 25 A-10 ROW 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). Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers DU returns three starters from a team that Enrollment 9,344 won a school-record 11 conference games TRENDING Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue (11-7) on the way to posting the school’s • DU is coming off a season-high 86-point Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) third 20-win season (21-9) in the past 48 game at Fordham (86-62). Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse/3,500 years in 2020. Affiliation NCAA Division I • The Dukes got 46 points and 11 3-pointers Conference Atlantic 10 / 44th season from five freshmen in the Fordham game. • Duquesne returns two active starters in se- President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) • The Dukes, who have held seven A-10 Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) niors Marcus Weathers and Michael Hughes foes under 70 points, rank 2nd in scoring University Website www.duq.edu from last year’s 21-9 team. A pair returning (63.8 ppg.) thru Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com defense in conference play starters left the team in early January. Junior Wednesday. shooting guard Lamar Norman Jr. (61 career HISTORY g. played/25 starts), left after four games • DU ranked 11th nationally in 3-point pct. First Year of Basketball 1913-14 and junior point guard Carry (63 career g. defense (.276) thru Wednesday’s games. All-Time Record 1,431-1,138 (105th year) • Atlantic 10 Record 255-439 (44th year) played/63 starts) left after starting the first Michael Hughes has posted three- five. A third returning starter, sophomore straight double-doubles: 15-10 vs. URI, A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (41 appearances) 15-12 vs. St. Bonaventure & 13-11 at Ford- 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) Maceo Austin, stepped away from the pro- gram for personal reasons prior to the Jan. ham. The last Duke to post four in a row was NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) Damian Saunders in 2009-10 (9 in a row). 1940 (Final Four), 1952 (Regional Final), 1969 (Regional 9 Fordham game.