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GAME 1 / ABILENE CHRISTIAN (0-0) at DUQUESNE (0-0) Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 • 2:00 EST Pittsburgh, Pa. • A.J. Palumbo Center (4,406) Radio: WPGB-FM 104.7 Ray Goss (‘58) (pxp), Jarrett Durham (‘71) (analyst) Duquesne Streaming Audio: www.RedZoneMedia.com Free Streaming Video & Gametracker: www.GoDuquesne.com Web: GoDuquesne.com Twitter: Twitter/@GoDuquesne Facebook: Facebook/GoDuquesne Youtube: GoDuquesne MBB Twitter: @DUQMBB Instagram: @GoDuquesne DUQUESNE ABILENE CHRISTIAN 2013-14 DUQUESNE DUKES DUKES WILDCATS Overall: 0-0 A-10: 0-0 2012-13 Record: 8-22 2012-13 Record (D-II): 12-14 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Atlantic 10 Record: 1-15 Lone Star Conf. Record: 6-12 Non-Conference Record: 7-7 Non-Conference Record: 6-2 H: 6-9; A: 2-12; N: 0-1 H: 7-7; A: 4-6; N: 1-1 NOVEMBER 9 Sat. ABILENE CHRISTIAN 2:00 Head Coach: Jim Ferry Head Coach: Joe Golding 13 Wed. NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:00 Overall: 262-190 (16th season) Overall: 24-30 (3rd season) 17 Sun. at West Virginia ROOT 4:00 At Duquesne: 8-22 (2nd season) At Abilene Christian: Same 20 Wed. ALBANY 7:00 TOP RETURNEES TOP RETURNEES 30 Sat. vs. Pittsburgh (CEC) CBSSN 1:00 Points Derrick Colter (13.5) Points Parker Wentz (8.3) DECEMBER Rebounds Jeremiah Jones (4.1) Rebounds Parker Wentz (1.9) 4 Wed. UMBC 7:00 Assists Derrick Colter (156/5.2) Assists Parker Wentz (44/1.7) 11 Wed. PENN STATE (CEC) 7:00 Steals Jerry Jones (18/0.9) Steals Parker Wentz (27/1.0) 14 Sat. ROBERT MORRIS 2:00 Blocks Jerry Jones (8/0.3) Blocks Parker Wentz (1/.04) 17 Tues. at Saint Francis, Pa. 7:00 3-Pointers Made Derrick Colter (50) 3-Pointers Made Parker Wentz (48) 21 Sat. at UMass Lowell 2:00 TEAM TEAM 29 Sun. at Texas-Pan American 3:00 Points / Margin 67.6 / -8.0 Points / Margin 71.5 / +3.8 JANUARY Rebounds / Margin 35.9 / -2.1 Rebounds / Margin 36.5 / +5.8 2 Thur. APPALACHIAN STATE 7:00 Turnovers / Margin 14.6 / -2.4 Turnovers / Margin 15.0 / -1.1 8 Wed. FORDHAM* 7:00 12 Sun. LA SALLE* NBCSN 2:30 15 Wed. at Saint Joseph’s* 7:00 18 Sat. at VCU* CBSSN 4:00 QUICK NOTES 22 Wed. SAINT LOUIS* 7:00 25 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE* ROOT/SNY 7:00 • Duquesne is in its second season under head coach Jim Ferry. Ferry, who came to DU after 29 Wed. at NJIT 7:00 leading LIU Brooklyn to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (2011 & 2012), is the FEBRUARY 16th coach in school history. This is the 98th season for Duquesne basketball. 1 Sat. at La Salle* ROOT/SNY/TCN 4:00 5 Wed. at George Washington* 7:00 • DU has compiled an 80-17 record in season opening games, including a 75-4 record when 8 Sat. GEORGE MASON&* 2:00 opening the season at home. The four losses came in 1927-28 to Ohio Wesleyan (36-23); 12 Wed. RICHMOND* 7:00 15 Sat. at Rhode Island* OSN 12:00 1966-67 to St. Francis (81-63); 1989-90 to Detroit (108-97 in double overtime) and in 2005- 19 Wed. at St. Bonaventure* ROOT/SNY 7:00 06 to Arkansas-Pine Bluff (64-56). 22 Sat. DAYTON (CEC)* 2:00 27 Thurs. at Saint Louis* NBCSN 8:00 • The Dukes return two starters - guard Derrick Colter (13.5, 2.8) and forward Jeremiah Jones MARCH (7.7, 4.1) - from last year’s 8-22 team. 5 Wed. MASSACHUSETTS* 7:00 8 Sat. at George Mason* MASN 7:00 • Only three scholarship players are back from last year’s team: Colter, Jeremiah Jones 12 Wed. A-10 Opening Round# TV-TBD 7:00 and Jerry Jones (who is suspended for the ACU game and will be back for Nov. 13 vs. 13 Thurs. A-10 First Round# TV-TBD 12/2:30/6:30/9 14 Fri. A-10 Quarterfi nal# NBCSN 12/2:30/6:30/9 UNH). DU also has three fi rst-year players with Division I playing experience in senior 15 Sat. A-10 Semifi nal# CBSSN 1:30/4:00 Ovie Soko (88 games for UAB from 2010-12), JC transfer Dominique McKoy (30 games 16 Sun. A-10 Championship# CBS 1:00 at Rhode Island in 2012) and sophomore Micah Mason (30 games at Drake last year). CEC - game at CONSOL Energy Center & - Chuck Cooper Classic vs. George Mason Abilene Christian, in its fi rst season as an NCAA Division I affi liate, returns just one * - Atlantic 10 Conference game player from last year’s 12-14 team in sophomore guard Parker Wentz (8.3 ppg.). ACU has # - Atlantic 10 Championship at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. eight fi rst-year JC transfers on its opening day roster. First-year sophomore forward James TV KEY: CBSSN (CBS Sports Network); MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, available locally on DISH and DirectTV); NBCSN (NBC Sports Network); OSN Pegues was a teammate of DU’s Tre’Vaughn White at Independence CC last season. The (Ocean State Networks/Rhode Island); ROOT (ROOT Sports Pittsburgh); SNY two played for Patrick Nee, son of former Duquesne head coach Danny Nee. (SportsNet New York); TCN (The Comcast Network/Philadelphia) 2013-14 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 F Ovie Soko 6-8 Sr. --- --- --/-- London, England 1st year transfer played in 88g (59 starts) in three seasons at UAB 23 F Jeremiah Jones 6-3 So. 7.7 4.1 30/22 Gary, Ind. Played in all 30 games with 22 starts as a true freshman 3 F Dominique McKoy 6-8 Jr. --- --- --/-- Atlanta, Ga. Averaged 14.2 ppg. & 11.5 rpg. last year at Cowley CC 2 G Tra’Vaughn White 5-10 Jr. --- --- --/-- Kansas City, Kan. Nation’s top JC scorer last season at Independence CC (25.9 ppg.) 1 G Derrick Colter 5-11 So. 13.5 2.8 30/30 Forestville, Md. A-10 All-Rookie Team; 3-time A-10 ROW; 156 assists (5.2 apg.) Off the Bench 22 G Micah Mason 6-2 So. --- --- --/-- Natrona Heights, Pa. 1st year Drake transfer led MVC in 3-pt pct. (40-of-79, .506) last year 32 G Desmond Ridenour 6-2 Fr. --- --- --/-- Cleveland Hgts., Ohio Posted a 40.5” running vertical jump in fall testing 33 F L.G. Gill 6-7 Fr. --- --- --/-- Chesterfi eld, Va. Helped Benedictine College Prep to a Va. Division I state title 54 C Darius Lewis 6-11 Fr. --- --- --/-- Lexington, Ky. Tallest Duke lost close to 60 pounds in two years at IMG Academy 44 F Nick Foschia 6-4 So. 0.4 0.4 5/0 Northfi eld, Center, Ohio Second-year walk on saw action in fi ve games in 2013 4 G Christian Johnston 5-10 So. 0.0 0.0 2/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Second-year walk on played in a pair of games in 2013 21 G Brandon Cartmill 5-10 So. --- --- --/-- Carlisle, Pa. First-year walk on missed Clarion exhibition with ankle injury 5 F Jerry Jones 6-4 Sr. 7.3 3.6 29/14 Detroit, Mich. Has played in 84 career games; suspended for ACU game 13 F Isaiah Watkins 6-7 Fr. --- --- --/-- Toronto, Ontario Consensus 3-star recruit recovering from Oct. 3 scope of left knee 55 F/C Jordan Robinson 6-8 Fr. --- --- --/-- Toronto, Ontario 3-star recruit has yet to be certifi ed as eligible A QUICK REFRESHER: Duquesne fi nished 8-22 (1-15 in the Atlantic 10) under fi rst- year head coach Jim Ferry in 2012-13 ... the lone conference win was one of the biggest upsets of the 2013-14 QUICK FACTS A-10 season (an 84-83 win at Temple that ended an 11-game losing streak) ... the Dukes also came back from a 15-point second half defi cit to defeat West Virginia (60-56) at CONSOL Energy Center GENERAL Name of School Duquesne University in non-conference play ... guard Derrick Colter was the only DU player to start all 30 games ... a Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week (12/17, 12/24 & 2/17), Colter earned a spot on the fi ve-man City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team while leading the team in scoring (13.5 ppg.) and assists (156, 5.20 Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers apg.) and minutes per game (32.2) ... in so doing, he became the fi rst underclassman - and fresh- Enrollment 10,045 man - to lead the Dukes in scoring and assists in a season ... Colter was also just the fourth DU Nickname Dukes School Colors Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) freshman to score over 400 points and second freshman in school history to hand out 150 assists Arena/Capacity A.J. Palumbo Center/4,406 in a season ... his 5.20 apg. average made him just the fourth freshman in school history to average CONSOL Energy Center/fl ex seating to 19,000 fi ve assists in a season ... Ferry started three freshmen in the Dukes’ fi nal eight games (PG Colter, Affi liation NCAA Division I F Jeremiah Jones and F Quevyn Winters) ... over that span, Colter, Winters and Jones accounted Conference Atlantic 10 / 37th season for 53 percent of DU’s points ... a freshman either led or tied for the team lead in scoring in each President Dr.