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2020-21 GAME NOTES Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB G1 | LITTLE ROCK (1-1) VS. DUQUESNE (0-0) 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES Mon., Nov. 30 • 4:00 pm ET • Louisville, Ky. • KFC Yum! Center (22,090) NOVEMBER (0-0) TELEVISION: ESPN3 with Don Russell & Jeff Greer 30 Mon. vs. Little Rock 4:00 RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss (‘58) & Jarrett Durham (‘71) DECEMBER (0-0) IN-GAME STATS: StatBroadcast http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=318057 2 Wed. vs. UNC Greensboro 1:00 4 Fri. vs. Winthrop 11:00a 19 Sat. at Richmond+ DUQUESNE LITTLE ROCK 30 Wed. at Saint Louis+ DUKES TROJANS JANUARY (0-0) 2020 Record: 21-9 Record: 1-1 2 Sat. at George Washington+ NBCSN 12:30 Atlantic 10: 11-7/T5th Sun Belt: 0-0 5 Tues. DAVIDSON+ CBSSN Non-Conference: 10-2 Non-Conference: 1-1 9 Sat. FORDHAM+ NBCSN 2:00 H: 10-4; A: 6-3; N: 5-2 H: 0-0; A: 0-0; N: 1-1 13 Wed. at Dayton+ CBSSN Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Darrell Walker 16 Sat. at St. Bonaventure+ Overall: 469-247 (23rd season) Overall: 77-50 (5th season) 20 Wed. RHODE ISLAND+ At Duquesne: 56-38 (4th season) At Little Rock: 32-32 (3rd season) 27 Wed. at Fordham+ 6:00 2020 LEADERS (* indicates returnees) LEADERS 30 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S+ Points *Marcus Weathers (14.3) Points Nikola Maric (19.0) FEBRUARY (0-0) Rebounds *Marcus Weathers (8.1) Rebounds Ruot Monyyong (6.5) 2 Tues. DAYTON+ ESPN Assists *Sincere Carry (158 / 5.3) Assists Markquis Nowell (11/5.5) Steals *Michael Hughes (44 / 1.5) Steals Markquis Nowell (9/4.5) 7 Sun. VCU+ NBCSN 4:00 Blocks *Michael Hughes (82 / 2.7) Blocks Ruot Monyyong (3/1.5) 13 Sat. at George Mason+ 3-Pointers *Tavian Dunn-Martin (71 / 2.4) 3-Pointers M. Nowell & Marko Lukic (4/2.0) 17 Wed. at Davidson+ 2020 TEAM TEAM 20 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS+ Points / Margin 71.5 / +5.1 Points / Margin 70.5 / -1.0 24 Wed. GEORGE WASHINGTON+ Rebounds / Margin 35.0 / -0.2 Rebounds / Margin 29.5 / -3.0 27 Sat. at La Salle+ Turnovers / Margin 12.6 / +1.2 Turnovers / Margin 19.5 / +1.0 MARCH (0-0) 3 Wed. ST. BONAVENTURE+ Duquesne, which returns five starters from last year’s 21-9 team, opens the 2020-21 season ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. vs. Little Rock (21-10 last year) on Mon., Nov. 30 at 4:00 p.m. in the Wade Houston Tipoff 10 Wed. First Round ESPN+ Classic at Louisville Kentucky’s KFC Yum! Center. The game is part of a multiple-team 11 Thurs. Second Round NBCSN 12 Fri. Quarterfinal NBCSN event that also includes Duquesne’s Dec. 2 opponent UNC Greensboro (23-9 last year) 13 Sat. Semifinal CBSSN & Dec. 4 foe Winthrop (24-10 last year). Little Rock (Sun Belt), UNCG (Southern) and 14 Sun. Final CBS Winthrop (Big South) were all picked to finish first their respective conference’s preseason polls. DU, which is beginning its 105th season, is 87-17 in openers, including a 1-5 record + Atlantic 10 Conference game Home game sites to be announced when opening at a neutral site. This is Duquesne’s latest season opener in 28 years (a 76- 65 home win over Penn State on Dec. 1, 1992) and first neutral-site opener since 2004. Fourth-year Duquesne head Coach Keith Dambrot is 17-5 in season openers (3-0 at DU). The Little Rock game is the first of three games in five days for the Dukes. 2020-21 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Sr. 10.2 1.8 30/12 Huntington, W.Va. Team high 71 3-pointers; tied for A-10 lead with 2.7 3’s/g. in conf. play 1 G Tyson Acuff 6-4 Fr. --- --- -/- Detroit, Mich. 2020 Michigan Mr. Basketball finalist 2 G Toby Okani 6-7 Fr. --- --- -/- Orange, N.J. Prepped at Cushing (Mass.) Academy 3 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 So. 7.0 4.0 29/29 Sharon, Pa. Scored in double-digits eight times as a freshman 4 G • Lamar Norman Jr. 6-3 Jr. 6.1 1.8 30/18 Grand Rapids, Mich. Was second on the team with 30 3-pointers in A-10 play 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Sr. 14.3 8.1 30/30 Overland Park, Kan. 2020 Second Team All-A-10; team-high 21 double-digit scoring g. 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 Jr. 12.2 3.9 30/30 Farrell, Pa. 2020 second in A-10 games only at 5.89 apg. (5.27 apg. overall) 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Sr. 10.3 6.8 30/28 Kansas City, Mo. Only player in the A-10 to lead his team in blocks (82) and steals (44) 22 G Mike Bekelja 6-1 Fr. --- --- -/- Solon, Ohio Teamed with Sincere Carry to lead Solon HS to 2018 state champ. g. 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. --- --- -/- Long Island, N.Y. Returning from ACL surgery (injured on 3/6/19 at Saint Louis) 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. --- --- -/- 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. 1.4 1.1 21/1 Wauseon, Ohio Had 10 points in DU’s first 17g. last year, scored 20 in his last four 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. --- --- -/- 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 returning 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 five starters from a team that won Enrollment 9,344 a school-record 11 conference games (11-7) A-10 PRESEASON POLL Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue on the way to posting the school’s third 20-win # TEAM (1st place votes) PTS IN ‘20 Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) season (21-9) in the past 48 years in 2020. 1. Richmond (19) 380 2nd Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse/3,500 2. Saint Louis (7) 364 4th Affiliation NCAA Division I • This is the first time since 1971 & 1972 that 3. Dayton (2) 318 1st Conference Atlantic 10 / 44th season 4. St. Bonaventure 307 t5th President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) DU has had 19 or more wins in back-to-back 5. DUQUESNE 278 t5th Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) seasons. The last time Duquesne had three- 6. Rhode Island 246 3rd University Website www.duq.edu straight 19+-win seasons was in a four-year Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com span from 1951-52 through 1954-55 (23-4 in 7. Davidson 229 7th 8. Massachusetts 192 t8th 1952, 21-8 in 1953, 26-3 in 1954 and 22-4 HISTORY 9. VCU 175 t8th in the NIT Championship season of 1955). 10. George Mason 133 12th First Year of Basketball 1913-14 Dambrot’s father, Sid, was a member of the All-Time Record 1,426-1,132 (105th year) 11. George Washington 113 t10th Atlantic 10 Record 251-434 (44th year) 1952, 1953 & 1954 teams. 12. Saint Joseph’s 85 t13th 13. La Salle 80 t10th A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (41 appearances) • The Dukes, who were picked to finish fifth 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) 14. Fordham 40 t13th in the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 preseason poll, NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) have exceeded their preseason A-10 pick in 1940 (Final Four), 1952 (Regional Final), 1969 (Regional A-10 PRESEASON HONORS Semifinal), 1971 (First Round), 1977 (First Round) each of their first three seasons under Keith Dambrot: This is the first time since 2010 (Damian NIT/Last (Record) 17/2009 (17-19) Saunders Second Team and Bill Clark Third 1940 (runner-up), 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 (runner-up), 1955 (Champion), 1956, 1962, 1964, 2017-18 14th t10th (7-11) Team) that Duquesne has had two players on 1968, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1994, 2009 2018-19 11th t6th (10-8) the A-10 Preseason Team. CBI/Last (Record) 3/2016 (2-3) 2019-20 8th t5th (11-7) 2010, 2011, 2016 2020-21 5th TBD Marcus Weathers Second Team Last Post-Season Opponent Weathers, a 2020 Second Team All-A-10 pick, at Morehead State (L 72-82) 2016 CBI (Second Round) is just the third Duke to earn First or Second • 2019-20 marked the first time Duquesne Team preseason mention in the past 15 years produced back-to-back seasons with nine joining Damian Saunders (2nd in 2010 & 1st COACHING STAFF Head Coach Keith Dambrot (Akron ‘82) or more Atlantic 10 wins (the Dukes were in 2011) and Eric Williams Jr.