Meet the Dukes meet the dukes MEET THE DUKES 4 2019-20 Rosters 5 2019-20 Roster Breakdown 6 Maceo Austin 7 Evan Buckley 8 Sincere Carry 9-11 Caleb Davis 12-15 Tavian Dunn-Martin 16-19 James Ellis 20 Jake Harper 21 Frankie Hughes 22-25 Michael Hughes 26-29 Amari Kelly 30-31 Ashton Miller 32 Lamar Norman Jr. 33-34 Austin Rotroff 35-36 Baylee Steele 37-39 Marcus Weathers 40-43 Keith Dambrot 44-48 Rick McFadden/Terry Weigand 49 Charles Thomas/Steve McNees 50 Carl Thomas/Ashton Gibbs 51 Bill Brown 52 Gavin Block/Ari Stern 53 John Henderson/Amanda Baird 54 Maggie Burnham/Brian Beck 54 4 2019-20 Duquesne Basketball Media Supplement Meet the Dukes 2019-20 DUQUESNE ROSTER NUMERICAL No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School (Transfer) 0 Tavian Dunn-Martin Jr. G 5-8 155 Huntington, W.Va./Huntington (Akron) 1 James Ellis Fr. C 6-11 230 Pittsburgh, Pa./Westinghouse 2 Maceo Austin Fr. G 6-5 190 Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic 3 Frankie Hughes Jr. G 6-4 195 Cleveland, Ohio/Garfield Heights (Missouri) 4 Lamar Norman Jr. So. G 6-3 180 Grand Rapids, Mich./Godwin Heights 5 Marcus Weathers Jr. F 6-5 215 Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission North (Miami, Ohio) 10 Sincere Carry So. G 6-1 180 Farrell, Pa./Solon, Ohio HS 14 Ashton Miller Fr. G 6-5 200 Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 21 Michael Hughes Jr. C 6-8 240 Kansas City, Mo./Liberty North (Akron) 22 Evan Buckley Fr. G 6-1 185 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge 23 Amari Kelly So. F 6-9 230 Long Island, N.Y./Meadowcreek, Norcross, Ga. 30 Jake Harper Fr. G 6-3 175 Dayton, Ohio/Pittsburgh (Pa.) Avonworth 31 Caleb Davis Sr. G 6-0 175 New Kensington, Pa./Valley 34 Austin Rotroff So. F 6-10 240 Wauseon, Ohio/Wauseon 44 Baylee Steele Gr. C 6-11 240 Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk (Utah Valley) ALPHABETICAL No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School (Transfer) 2 Maceo Austin Fr. G 6-5 190 Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic 22 Evan Buckley Fr. G 6-1 185 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge 10 Sincere Carry So. G 6-1 180 Farrell, Pa./Solon, Ohio HS 31 Caleb Davis Sr. G 6-0 175 New Kensington, Pa./Valley 0 Tavian Dunn-Martin Jr. G 5-8 155 Huntington, W.Va./Huntington (Akron) 1 James Ellis Fr. C 6-11 230 Pittsburgh, Pa./Westinghouse 30 Jake Harper Fr. G 6-3 175 Dayton, Ohio/Pittsburgh (Pa.) Avonworth 3 Frankie Hughes Jr. G 6-4 195 Cleveland, Ohio/Garfield Heights (Missouri) 21 Michael Hughes Jr. C 6-8 240 Kansas City, Mo./Liberty North (Akron) 23 Amari Kelly So. F 6-9 230 Long Island, N.Y./Meadowcreek, Norcross, Ga. 14 Ashton Miller Fr. G 6-5 200 Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 4 Lamar Norman Jr. So. G 6-3 180 Grand Rapids, Mich./Godwin Heights 34 Austin Rotroff So. F 6-10 240 Wauseon, Ohio/Wauseon 44 Baylee Steele Gr. C 6-11 240 Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk (Utah Valley) 5 Marcus Weathers Jr. F 6-5 215 Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission North (Miami, Ohio) Head Coach: Keith Dambrot (Akron ‘82) - 3rd year at Duquesne, 22nd year overall Assistant Coaches: Terry Weigand (Ashland ‘89); Rick McFadden (Akron ‘05); Charles Thomas (Eastern Michigan ‘00) - all 3rd year Director of Operations: Steve McNees (Akron ‘10) - 3rd year Assistant to the Head Coach: Carl Thomas (Eastern Michigan ‘00) - 3rd year Director of Player Development: Ashton Gibbs (Pitt ‘12) - 2nd year Director of Community Relations and Player Mentoring: Bill Brown (Ohio ‘74) - 3rd year Graduate Assistants: Gavin Block (Ohio ‘19) and Ari Stern (Wooster ‘18) - 1st year Associate AD/Sports Performance: John Henderson (Weber State ‘07) - 4th year Assistant AD/Basketball Administration: Amanda Baird (Akron ‘07) - 3rd year Athletic Trainer: Brian Beck (Duquesne ‘04) - 3rd year 5 2019-20 Duquesne Basketball Media Supplement Meet the Dukes 2019-20 DUQUESNE ROSTER BREAKDOWN + – indicates starter; * – indicates letters earned RETURNING STARTERS (4) No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Pts. Reb. G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 10 +Sincere Carry* So. G 6-1 12.1 3.6 28/28 Farrell, Pa. A-10 All-Rookie Team; led A-10 in assists/g. (5.8) 3 +Frankie Hughes* Jr. G 6-4 8.9 2.2 32/22 Cleveland, Ohio Team high 71 3-pointers 21 +Michael Hughes* Jr. C 6-8 11.2 6.5 29/28 Kansas City, Mo. A-10 best 52 blocks in conference play (2.9/g.) 5 +Marcus Weathers* Jr. F 6-5 10.0 6.4 31/30 Overland Park, Kan. Double-digit scorer in 14 of 18 A-10 games ADDITIONAL RETURNEES (5) No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Pts. Reb. G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 31 Caleb Davis Sr. G 6-0 0.0 0.5 2/0 New Kensington, Pa. Has played in seven career games 0 Tavian Dunn-Martin* Jr. G 5-8 7.8 1.4 32/4 Huntington, W.Va. 2019 A-10 Sixth Man of Year 23 Amari Kelly* So. F 6-9 2.1 2.1 29/0 Long Island, N.Y. Season-ending knee injury on Mar. 6 at SLU 4 Lamar Norman Jr.* So. G 6-3 4.8 1.6 27/3 Grand Rapids, Mich. 80 of his 129 points came in five games 34 Austin Rotroff* So. F 6-10 4.2 2.4 19/5 Wauseon, Ohio Season-ending knee injury on Jan. 23 vs. SLU NEWCOMERS (6) No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Ppg. Rpg. Hometown Last School 2 Maceo Austin Fr. G 6-5 190 22.3 Sharon, Pa. Kennedy Catholic 22 Evan Buckley Fr. G 6-1 185 22.7 8.1a Ashburn, Va. Stone Bridge 1 James Ellis Fr. C 6-11 230 21.0 12.0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Westinghouse 30 Jake Harper Fr. G 6-3 175 15.0 6.0 Dayton, Ohio Pittsburgh (Pa.) Avonworth 14 Ashton Miller Fr. G 6-5 200 20.2 4.6 Scotch Plains, N.J. Seton Hall Prep 44 Baylee Steele Gr. C 6-11 240 8.5 7.2 Norwalk, Iowa Utah Valley Unversity James Ellis signed with Duquesne in 2018-19 and sat out last season Baylee Steele is a graduate transfer from Utah Valley University, his stats listed are from last season at UVU PLAYERS NOT RETURNING (6) No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Pts. Reb. G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 50 +Eric Williams Jr.** So. G 6-6 14.0 7.6 32/28 Port Huron, Mich. Leading scorer and rebounder; transfer to Oregon 14 Gavin Bizeau* Fr. F 6-11 1.3 0.7 20/0 Plainfield, Ind. Transferred to Toledo 2 Brandon Wade* Fr. G 6-2 1.0 0.7 27/1 Ann Arbor, Mich. Transferred 20 Kellon Taylor* Jr. F 6-5 0.9 1.2 9/0 Landover, Md. Two-sport athlete (FB/WR) saw action in nine g. 25 Dylan Swingle Fr. C 6-11 --- --- --/-- Chillicothe, Ohio 2018-19 redshirt transferred to Bowling Green 32 Zach Snyder Sr. F 6-5 0.0 0.3 3/0 Cranberry Twp., Pa. Lone senior in 2018-19; played in eight career g. Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1; Total Players Returning/Lost: 9/6; Roster Breakdown (Gr./Sr./Jr./So./Fr.): 1/1/4/4/5 2019-20 Active Roster Breakdown: 15 players Graduate Student (1): Baylee Steele; Senior (1): Caleb Davis; Juniors (4): Tavian Dunn-Martin, Frankie Hughes, Michael Hughes, Marcus Weathers; Sophomores (4): Sincere Carry, Amari Kelly, Lamar Norman Jr., Austin Rotroff; Freshmen (5): Maceo Austin, Evan Buckley, James Ellis, Jake Harper, Ashton Miller PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BY STATE BREAKDOWN BY CLASS 10 Sincere Carry sin-SEER Pennsylvania (4) Austin, Carry, Davis, Ellis GRADUTATE STUDENT 1 0 Tavian Dunn-Martin TAY-vee-en Ohio (3) Harper, F.Hughes, Rotroff Steele 23 Amari Kelly uh-MAR-ee Iowa (1) Steele 34 Austin Rotroff ROE-troff Michigan (1) Norman Jr. SENIORS 1 Missouri (1) M.Hughes Davis STAFF New Jersey (1) Miller Keith Dambrot (head coach) DAM-brot New York (1) Kelly JUNIORS 4 Terry Weigand (assistant coach) WHY-gand Kansas (1) Weathers Dunn-Martin, F.Hughes, M.Hughes, Weathers Dave Saba (media relations) SAY-ba Virginia (1) Buckley SOPHOMORES 4 West Virginia (1) Dunn-Martin Carry, Kelly, Norman Jr., Rotroff OTHER Solon, Ohio SOLE-un FRESHMEN 5 Wauseon, Ohio WAW-see-ahn Austin, Buckley, Ellis, Harper, Miller 1ST-YEAR PLAYERS (6) Austin, Buckley, Ellis, Harper, Miller, Steele 6 2019-20 Duquesne Basketball Media Supplement Meet the Dukes 2019-20 NEWCOMER 2 Maceo Austin 6-5, 190, Guard, Freshman • Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic High School • Named 2018-19 Class 6A first team all-state. • Cited as the No. 43 shooting guard in the nation by 247Sports, No. 48 by ESPN and No. 49 by Rivals. • Scored 1,971 points (second-most in school history) in leading Kennedy Catholic to four-straight PIAA state championships. The first three came in Class 1A and the fourth after the school voluntarily reclassified to 6A. • Averaged 23 points per game in three 2018-19 state playoff games. Totaled 19 of his game-high 32 points in the second half of a 75-69 semifinal win over 29-2 Coatesville. Scored a team-high 19 points (to go along with five rebounds and three steals) in a 64-62 double-overtime win over Pennridge in the state title game. • Kennedy Catholic went 104-11, including 25-0 in the region, 28-0 in the playoffs and 22-0 in PIAA games during his four seasons.