2019-20 game notes Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB 2019-20 DUQUESNE DUKES G27 | DUQUESNE (18-8, 8-6) at ST. BONAVENTURE (18-9, 10-4) Wed., Feb. 26 • 7:00 pm ET • Olean, N.Y. • Reilly Center (5,480) NOVEMBER (6-0) 5 Tues. PRINCETON (PPG) W 94-57 TELEVISION: Stadium with Matt Martucci & Dr. John Giannini 12 Tues. LAMAR (LA) W 66-56 15 Fri. LIPSCOMB (LA) W 58-36 RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss (‘58) & Jarrett Durham (‘71) 21 Thur. vs. Indiana State - JJ W 74-71 IN-GAME STATS: Presto https://bit.ly/2VdmLVo 22 Fri. vs. Air Force - JJ W 69-63 24 Sun. vs. Loyola Marymount - JJ W 71-50 DECEMBER (4-2) DUQUESNE ST. BONAVENTURE 4 Wed. VMI (LA) W 71-58 DUKES BONNIES 9 Mon. COLUMBIA (LA) W 90-54 18-8 18-9 14 Sat. vs. Radford at Akron, Ohio W 71-49 2020 Record: 2020 Record: 21 Sat. vs. Austin Peay - SP W 86-77 Atlantic 10: 8-6 Atlantic 10: 10-4 22 Sun. vs. UAB - SP L 68-77 Non-Conference: 10-2 Non-Conference: 8-5 29 Sun. vs. Marshall - CL L 61-83 H: 9-3; A: 4-3; N: 5-2 H: 8-4; A: 7-5; N: 3-0 JANUARY (5-3) Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Mark Schmidt 2 Thur. SAINT LOUIS+ (RM) W 73-59 Overall: 466-246 (22nd season) Overall: 308-266 (19th season) 5 Sun. DAVIDSON+ (RM) W 71-64 At Duquesne: 53-37 (3rd season) At SBU: 226-176 (13th season) 8 Wed. at Saint Joseph’s+ W 78-60 11 Sat. at George Washington+ W 66-61 LEADERS 2020 LEADERS 15 Wed. FORDHAM+ (PPG) (OT) W 58-56 Points Marcus Weathers (14.7) Points Kyle Lofton (14.2) 22 Wed. at Rhode Island+ L 55-77 Rebounds Marcus Weathers (7.9) Rebounds Osun Osunniyi (8.7) 25 Sat. at Massachusetts+ L 64-73 Assists Sincere Carry (131/5.0) Assists Kyle Lofton (165/6.1) 29 Wed. #7 (AP) DAYTON+ (PPG) L 69-73 Steals Michael Hughes (38/1.5) Steals K. Lofton & Dominick Welch (34/1.3) FEBRUARY (3-3) Blocks Michael Hughes (74/2.8) Blocks Osun Osunniyi (52/2.6) 2 Sun. LA SALLE+ (PPG) W 71-69 3-Pointers Tavian Dunn-Martin (60) 3-Pointers Dominick Welch (62) 5 Wed. at Saint Louis+ W 82-68 8 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE+ - CCC (RM) L 80-83 TEAM TEAM 16 Sun. at Fordham+ W 59-54 Points / Margin 70.8 / +5.9 Points / Margin 69.0 / +3.3 19 Wed. GEO. WASHINGTON+ (PPG) L 67-70 Rebounds / Margin 34.9 / +0.7 Rebounds / Margin 36.4 / +3.5 22 Sat. at #5 (AP) Dayton+ L 70-80 Turnovers / Margin 12.5 / +1.1 Turnovers / Margin 11.6 / +0.8 26 Wed. at St. Bonaventure+ STADIUM 7:00 29 Sat. GEORGE MASON+ (RM) ESPN+ 7:00 MARCH (0-0) Duquesne (18-8, 8-6), in the midst of a four-games-in-11-day stretch, travels to Olean, N.Y. 3 Tues. at VCU+ ESPN+ 7:00 to take on St. Bonaventure (18-9, 10-4) on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:00 p.m. (Stadium). The 6 Fri. RICHMOND+ (PPG) ESPN+ 7:00 Dukes, who are coming off an 80-70 loss at No. 5 (AP) Dayton on Saturday, are looking to ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. 11-15 TBD gain a series split with the Bonnies who defeated DU, 83-80, in Moon Township, Pa. on Feb. JJ - Junkanoo Jam, Bimini, Bahamas; SP - St. Pete Shootout, St. Petersburg, 8. Duquesne, which is 4-3 on the road (with all seven games coming in A-10 play) enters Fla.; CL - Cleveland Classic/Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse CCC - Chuck Cooper Classic Wednesday’s game needing one win to break the school record for Atlantic 10 road wins (4) PPG - home game at PPG Paints Arena LA - home game at La Roche University most recently tied last year. This is the 124th meeting between DU and SBU - Duquesne’s RM - home game at Robert Morris University most-frequent all-time opponent. The Bonnies have won the past eight in the series, includ- + Atlantic 10 Conference game ing 11 in a row over the Dukes at Reilly Center. 2019-20 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Jr. 9.7 1.8 26/12 Huntington, W.Va. 2019 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year; leads team with 60 3-pointers 1 C James Ellis 6-11 Fr. 0.8 0.2 5/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Made his Duquesne debut vs. Lipscomb; has played in one A-10 game 2 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 Fr. 7.4 4.1 25/25 Sharon, Pa. Has scored in double-digits seven times 4 G • Lamar Norman Jr. 6-3 So. 5.7 1.8 26/14 Grand Rapids, Mich. Third on team with 21 3-pointers in A-10 play 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Jr. 14.7 7.9 26/26 Overland Park, Kan. Leads team with 52 career double-digit scoring games (19 this year) 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 So. 12.0 3.9 26/26 Farrell, Pa. 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; team-high 131 assists 14 G Ashton Miller 6-5 Fr. 1.3 0.6 22/1 Scotch Plains, N.J. Cousin of Ashton Gibbs (Pitt), Sterling Gibbs (UConn) & T.J. Gibbs (ND) 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Jr. 9.8 6.9 26/25 Kansas City, Mo. His 2.5 career blocks/g. ranks second in DU history 22 G Evan Buckley 6-1 Fr. 0.6 0.4 16/0 Ashburn, Va. Has seen action in seven Atlantic 10 games 30 G Jake Harper 6-3 Fr. 1.2 0.4 5/0 Dayton, Ohio Played HS ball at Pittsburgh’s Avonworth High School 31 G Caleb Davis 6-0 Sr. 1.2 0.0 5/0 New Kensington, Pa. Has played in 12 career games 34 F Austin Rotroff 6-10 So. 0.6 0.7 17/1 Wauseon, Ohio Made first start of season (6th of his career) vs. Dayton 44 C Baylee Steele 6-11 Gr. 9.3 4.7 26/0 Norwalk, Iowa Six-eleven grad transfer has 11 double-digit scoring g. off the bench 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. --- --- -/- Long Island, N.Y. Recovering from ACL surgery (inj. 3/6/19 at Saint Louis); Redshirting 3 G Frankie Hughes 6-4 Jr. 9.1 2.1 30/21 Cleveland, Ohio had season-ending knee surgery in October; team high 67 3’s in 2019 • - indicates previous game starters 1 2019-20 Duquesne Dukes Basketball WORTH NOTING QUICK FACTS • The Dukes, who are in their third season under head coach Keith Dambrot, were picked GENERAL to finish eighth in the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 preseason poll. DU has exceeded its preseason Name of School Duquesne University A-10 pick in each of its first two seasons under Dambrot. The 2018 team, picked to finish Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue last, ended up tied for 10th. Last year DU, picked 11th, ended up tied for sixth. Last year City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 marked the first time since 2009 (picked 12th, finished tied for fifth) that a Duquesne team Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers exceeded its preseason pick by five or more spots. Enrollment 9,344 Nickname Dukes • Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team in 2017-18, School Colors Red and Blue Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) posted a 16-16 record in 2018 and guided a 2019 TRENDING team - with a roster that saw 97 percent of its points Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Duquesne’s 18-8 record is the set to open in 2020-21 come from freshmen and sophomores - to 19 wins school’s best through 26 games since Affiliation NCAA Division I (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish (T6th). Last 1980-81. Conference Atlantic 10 / 43rd season year’s team tied the school record for conference President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) • The Dukes are holding opponents to wins and posted the school’s highest overall win Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) 64.9 points per game - the lowest op- University Website www.duq.edu total since 2011. ponent average in 58 years. DU ranks Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com second in the A-10 in scoring defense • Duquesne opened the season with 10-straight (all games). HISTORY wins - the school’s best start since 1953-54 (22-0). First Year of Basketball 1913-14 Along the way, DU received a vote in both the Dec. • The Dukes rank 9th nationally - and first in the A-10 - in blocks/g. at 5.65. All-Time Record 1,423-1,131 (104th year) 9 & 16 AP polls, marking the first time a Dukes Atlantic 10 Record 248-433 (43rd year) DU is fifth in the nation in block per- team received an AP vote since Feb. 7, 2011. centage (15.9 according to KenPom). A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (40 appearances) Duquesne has since received votes on Jan. 13 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) (9) and Jan. 20 (13). DU’s last AP poll appearance • Duquesne is 23rd nationally and second in the A-10 in fewest fouls per NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) was at No.
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