2019-20 game notes Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB 2019-20 DUQUESNE DUKES G4, 5, 6 | DUQUESNE (3-0) at JUNKANOO JAM NOVEMBER (3-0) Th.-Sun., Nov. 21, 22 & 24, 2019 • Bimini, Bahamas • Gateway Christian Academy 5 Tues. PRINCETON (PPG) W 94-57 LIVE STREAM: FloHoops with James Westling & Joe Cravens (all games/subscription) 12 Tues. LAMAR (LA) W 66-56 15 Fri. LIPSCOMB (LA) W 58-36 RADIO: None 21 Thur. vs. Indiana State - JJ FloHoops 6:30 LIVE STATS: https://junkanoo.sidearmstats.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary 22 Fri. vs. Air Force - JJ FloHoops 6:30 24 Sun. vs. Loyola Marymount - JJ FloHoops 6:30 DECEMBER (0-0) DUQUESNE INDIANA STATE 4 Wed. VMI (LA) ESPN+ 7:00 DUKES SYCAMORES 9 Mon. COLUMBIA (LA) ESPN+ 7:00 3-0 0-3 14 Sat. vs. Radford at Akron, Ohio 2:00 2020 Record: 2020 Record: 21 Sat. vs. Austin Peay - SP 2:30 Atlantic 10: 0-0 Missouri Valley: 0-0 22 Sun. vs. UAB - SP 2:30 Non-Conference: 3-0 Non-Conference: 0-3 29 Sun. vs. Marshall - CL 2:30 H: 3-0; A: 0-0; N: 0-0 H: 0-0; A: 0-3; N: 0-0 JANUARY (0-0) Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Greg Lansing 2 Thur. SAINT LOUIS+ (RM) ESPN+ 7:00 Overall: 451-238 (22nd season) Overall: 148-145 (10th season) 5 Sun. DAVIDSON+ (RM) NBCSN 2:00 At Duquesne: 38-29 (3rd season) At ISU: Same 8 Wed. at Saint Joseph’s+ ESPN+ 7:00 w 11 Sat. at George Washington+ ESPN+ 4:00 2020 LEADERS 2020 LEADERS 15 Wed. FORDHAM+ (PPG) ESPN+ 7:00 Points Sincere Carry (15.0) Points Tyreke Key (17.3) 22 Wed. at Rhode Island+ ESPN+ 7:00 Rebounds Marcus Weathers (7.7) Rebounds Jordan Barnes (4.7) 25 Sat. at Massachusetts+ ESPN+ 2:00 Assists Sincere Carry (12/4.0) Assists Jordan Barnes (10/3.3) 29 Wed. DAYTON+ (PPG) CBSSN 7:00 Steals Baylee Steele (9/3.0) Steals Christian Williams (5/1.7) FEBRUARY (0-0) Blocks Marcus Weathers (6/2.0) Blocks Three with one each 2 Sun. LA SALLE+ (PPG) ESPN+ 2:00 3-Pointers Sincere Carry (6) 3-Pointers T. Key & J. Barnes (7) 5 Wed. at Saint Louis+ ESPN+ 7:00 8 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE+ - CCC (RM) NBCSN 3:00 TEAM TEAM 16 Sun. at Fordham+ NBCSN 2:00 Points / Margin 72.7 / +19.7 Points / Margin 66.0 / -16.0 19 Wed. GEO. WASHINGTON+ (PPG) (DH) ESPN+ 8:00 Rebounds / Margin 36.7 / +4.4 Rebounds / Margin 29.3 / -9.7 22 Sat. at Dayton+ STADIUM 2:00 Turnovers / Margin 13.0 / +6.7 Turnovers / Margin 11.0 / +1.3 26 Wed. at St. Bonaventure+ STADIUM 7:00 29 Sat. GEORGE MASON+ (RM) ESPN+ 7:00 MARCH (0-0) 2019 JUNKANOO JAM SCHEDULE 3 Tues. at VCU+ ESPN+ 7:00 at Gateway Christian Academy, Bimini, Bahamas 6 Fri. RICHMOND+ (PPG) ESPN+ 7:00 Tiebreakers: (1) Head-to-head (2) Net margin head-to-head ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. 11-15 TBD Thur., Nov. 21 Loyola Marymount vs. Air Force (H) 4:00 p.m. JJ - Junkanoo Jam, Bimini, Bahamas; SP - St. Pete Shootout, St. Petersburg, Fla.; CL - Cleveland Classic/Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse DUQUESNE vs. Indiana State (H) 6:30 p.m. CCC - Chuck Cooper Classic Fri., Nov. 22 Indiana State vs. Loyola Marymount (H) 4:00 p.m. PPG - home game at PPG Paints Arena LA - home game at La Roche University DUQUESNE vs. Air Force (H) 6:30 p.m. RM - home game at Robert Morris University + Atlantic 10 Conference game Sun., Nov. 24 Air Force vs. Indiana State (H) 4:00 p.m. Loyola Marymount vs. DUQUESNE (H) 6:30 p.m. 2019-20 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G • Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Jr. 6.3 2.0 3/3 Huntington, W.Va. 2019 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year; 47 3-pointers last year 1 C James Ellis 6-11 Fr. 2.0 1.0 1/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Made his Duquesne debut vs. Lipscomb 2 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 Fr. 9.0 3.0 3/3 Sharon, Pa. Was part of four state championship teams at Kennedy Catholic 4 G Lamar Norman Jr. 6-3 So. 3.3 2.0 3/0 Grand Rapids, Mich. 80 of his 129 points last season came in five games 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Jr. 11.0 7.7 3/3 Overland Park, Kan. 13 points, 12 rebounds and career-high 6 steals vs. Lipscomb 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 So. 15.0 3.7 3/3 Solon, Ohio Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team; led A-10 in assists/g. (5.8) 14 G Ashton Miller 6-5 Fr. 1.3 1.0 3/0 Scotch Plains, N.J. Cousin of Ashton Gibbs (Pitt), Sterling Gibbs (UConn) & T.J. Gibbs (ND) 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Jr. 11.0 7.3 3/3 Kansas City, Mo. Has posted double-doubles in DU’s past two games 22 G Evan Buckley 6-1 Fr. 0.5 0.5 2/0 Ashburn, Va. Had a 5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio over his final two HS seasons 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. --- --- -/- Long Island, N.Y. Suffered a knee injury on Mar. 6 at Saint Louis; currently rehabbing 30 G Jake Harper 6-3 Fr. 0.0 0.0 1/0 Dayton, Ohio Played HS ball at Pittsburgh’s Avonworth High School 31 G Caleb Davis 6-0 Sr. 3.0 0.0 1/0 New Kensington, Pa. Has played in eight career games; vs. Princeton on Nov. 5 last 34 F Austin Rotroff 6-10 So. 1.0 1.0 3/0 Wauseon, Ohio Returning from season-ending ACL surgery (inj. 1/23 vs. Saint Louis) 44 C Baylee Steele 6-11 Gr. 12.7 6.0 3/0 Norwalk, Iowa Grad transfer; tied career high with 19 points in opener vs. Princeton 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 are in their third season under head coach Keith Dambrot. Dambrot, who GENERAL inherited a 10-22 team in 2017-18, posted a 16-16 record in 2018 and guided a 2019 team Name of School Duquesne University - with a roster that saw 97 percent of its points come from freshmen and sophomores - to Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue 19 wins (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish (T6th). The Dukes, who were picked to fin- City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 ish 11th in last year’s A-10 preseason poll, tied the school record for conference wins and Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers posted the school’s highest win total since 2011. Enrollment 9,344 Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue • Duquesne was picked to finish eighth in the TRENDING Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) 2019-20 Atlantic 10 preseason poll. The Dukes • Duquesne, which is looking to open Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse have exceeded their preseason A-10 pick in each 4-0 for the first time since 2009-10, set to open in 2020-21 of their first two seasons under Dambrot. The 2018 has outscored opponents 134-76 in Affiliation NCAA Division I team, picked to finish last, ended up tied for 10th. Conference Atlantic 10 / 43rd season the second half on the young season.: Last year DU, picked 11th, ended up tied for sixth. It President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) DUQ FG 3PT PTS Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) was the first time since 2009 (picked 12th, finished 1st .360 .231 28.0 University Website www.duq.edu tied for fifth) that a Duquesne team exceeded its 2nd .516 +15.6 .371 +14.0 44.7 +16.7 Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com preseason pick by five or more spots. OPP FG 3PT PTS 1st .468 .250 27.7 HISTORY • Duquesne returns three starters - 2019 Atlantic 2nd .329 -13.9 .143 +10.7 25.3 +2.4 First Year of Basketball 1913-14 10 All-Rookie Team member 6-1 So. G Sincere All-Time Record 1,408-1,123 (104th year) • Duquesne is limiting opponents to (12.1, 3.6, 161 assists, 68 steals), 6-8 Jr. Atlantic 10 Record 240-427 (43rd year) Carry 53.0 points per game on .396 shoot- C Michael Hughes (11.2, 6.5, 66 blocks) and A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (40 appearances) ing. Lipscomb’s 36 points in Friday’s 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) 6-5 Jr. F Marcus Weathers (10.0, 6.4). NOTE: A 58-36 win, were the fewest by a DU fourth starter, 6-4 Jr. G (8.9, 2.2, opponent in 39 years (since a 34-33 NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) Frankie Hughes 1940 (Final Four), 1952 (Regional Final), 1969 (Regional 71 3-pointers), underwent season-ending knee NIT loss to Saint Peter’s on 3/10/80). Semifinal), 1971 (First Round), 1977 (First Round) surgery on October 7 to repair a torn meniscus. • DU enters the Junkanoo Jam with NIT/Last (Record) 17/2009 (17-19) four double-digit scorers, led by soph- • Additional key returnees include 2019 Atlantic 1940 (runner-up), 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953, omore guard Sincere Carry at 15.0 1954 (runner-up), 1955 (Champion), 1956, 1962, 1964, 10 Sixth Man of the Year 5-8 Jr.